LARGE FRENCH SLATE AND MALACHITE PERPETUAL CALENDAR MANTEL CLOCK WITH BAROMETER
19TH CENTURY
£1,625
Auction: Day Two: 19 May 2022 | From 11:00
Description
with a two piece dial with Roman number chapter and a partially visible Brocot escapement, above a bevelled glass lenticle flanked by a subsidiary aneroid barometer dial marked 'HOLOSTERIC BAROMETER', and a white-enamelled calendar dial with English month abbreviations framing a 'rolling moon' phase flanked by subsidiary Days of the Week and terrestrial calendar dials, in a black slate case with malachite panels and gilt line details; the movement stamped 2947; together with an embossed and gilt red Morocco leather presentation book, hand-lettered and illuminated by the Wortley Testimonial Committee, with the list of subscribers to the 'CALENDAR CLOCK AND PURSE OF 375 SOVEREIGNS Presented to Mr. Edward Wortley. of Ridlington May 6th 1875 ... for services as an Officer of the Rutland Agricultural Society'.
Dimensions
50cm wide, 53cm high, 17cm deep