A French gilt-metal and ebonised glass plate mystery clock
A French gilt-metal and ebonised glass plate mystery clock

A CADOT; CIRCA 1870

细节
A French gilt-metal and ebonised glass plate mystery clock
A Cadot; circa 1870
The double-plated glass with etched and painted Roman and Arabic chapters to the front with pierced hands, the foliate cast gilt frame with a cartouche to the top and small volutes at the sides, later velvet covered stand supported on a break-front moulded ebonised wood plinth, the movement with going barrel and platform cylinder escapement, the backplate stamped A. Cadot, Bte SGDG 1308
13in. (35cm.) high

拍品专文

Cadot is recorded at Place Dauphine in 1870 and as having published a paper in 1877 on a mystery clock