Double Dial Swinging Pendulum Clock

Description:

Double Dial Swinging Pendulum Clock, France, c. 1825, the gridiron pendulum with 11-in. porcelain Roman numeral dial on each side of the bob, lyre-form midsection, and alternating brass and steel rods, the fourteen-day, time-only movement fitted with a pinwheel escapement, one dial has three hands including sweep center seconds while the other has two hands and the winding square, with original hanging bracket and threaded beat adjustment, ht. 48 in.
Estimate $4,000-6,000

Porcelain dials in very good condition.


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