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Mantel/table pendulum clock · La Chaux-de-Fonds

The curved, black painted wooden case is decorated with engraved and pierced brass appliques featuring interlaced scrollwork and tulips

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The brass dial is engraved with cartouches with Roman numerals for the hours filled with black wax. Its centre is decorated with acanthus leaves. The gilded brass alarm disk is engraved with Arabic numerals. A plate, openworked and engraved with floral scrolls is visible beneath the dial. The hands are pierced and engraved with scrolls.

Technical facts

Inventory number
MIH IV-413
Object type
Mantel/table pendulum clock
Place of production
La Chaux-de-Fonds
Dating
c. 1740
Materials and techniques (catalogue wording)
Bois, laiton, émail
Dimensions (catalogue)
dimensions min/max: 501 x 600 mm
Inscriptions (catalogue)
Les frères Huguenin horlogers du Roy et de la Cour à la Chaux de Fonds (Mouvement)

Historical significance

  • The brass dial is engraved with cartouches with Roman numerals for the hours filled with black wax. Its centre is decorated with acanthus leaves. The gilded brass alarm disk is engraved with Arabic numerals. A plate, openworked and engraved with floral scrolls is visible beneath the dial. The hands are pierced and engraved with scrolls.
  • The movement has a simple pendulum with cycloidal cheeks and a verge escapement.
  • Besides an alarm, it features an hour and quarter-hour repeater.

Photographs

The curved, black painted wooden case is decorated with engraved and pierced brass appliques featuring interlaced scrollwork and tulips (MIH IV-413)
The curved, black painted wooden case is decorated with engraved and pierced brass appliques featuring interlaced scrollwork and tulips (MIH IV-413) — Musée international d'horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Museum collection photograph, rights review pending. MIH collection record
The curved, black painted wooden case is decorated with engraved and pierced brass appliques featuring interlaced scrollwork and tulips (MIH IV-413)
The curved, black painted wooden case is decorated with engraved and pierced brass appliques featuring interlaced scrollwork and tulips (MIH IV-413) — Musée international d'horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Museum collection photograph, rights review pending. MIH collection record
The curved, black painted wooden case is decorated with engraved and pierced brass appliques featuring interlaced scrollwork and tulips (MIH IV-413)
The curved, black painted wooden case is decorated with engraved and pierced brass appliques featuring interlaced scrollwork and tulips (MIH IV-413) — Musée international d'horlogerie, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Museum collection photograph, rights review pending. MIH collection record

Photographs are illustrative examples of the type, not necessarily the exact object described. Verify details against the source file page.

Sources & references

  1. Musée international d'horlogerie, online collection record, inv. IV-413: https://collection.mih.ch/fr/collection/item/38649/

Where sources disagree, the disagreement is stated rather than resolved silently.