Lot 31
An early 19th century French mahogany striking table regulator Durtois Fils, Paris
11 July 2018, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£2,200 - £3,500
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An early 19th century French mahogany striking table regulator
Durtois Fils, Paris
The substantial entablature supported on four turned Doric columns, raised on a double plinth base and four block feet, the columns cut to receive four glass panels, the front and rear being removable, the signed 5 inch enamel dial with Roman chapter, centre seconds and blued steel Breguet hands, the two train drum movement with outside countwheel strike on a bell and pinwheel escapement to a gridiron pendulum with knife edge suspension. 60cm (23.75in)
The substantial entablature supported on four turned Doric columns, raised on a double plinth base and four block feet, the columns cut to receive four glass panels, the front and rear being removable, the signed 5 inch enamel dial with Roman chapter, centre seconds and blued steel Breguet hands, the two train drum movement with outside countwheel strike on a bell and pinwheel escapement to a gridiron pendulum with knife edge suspension. 60cm (23.75in)
Footnotes
'Durtois Fils' are probably Dartois et Fils recorded by Tardy working in Place des Victoires, Paris between 1820 and 1840.
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