No. 482 CUM Comtoise cartouche clock of the Haut-Jura type from 1748, signed on the lower brass fillet: Iean Baptiste Martinet Au Fort Du Plasne 1748. Fronton and decorative corners cut from sheet brass, the two lower decorative corners serving as movable winding hole covers. Cable movement with verge escapement, half hour strike en passant, full hour strike on bell without repeater, alarm, verge escapement in cock. Sawn iron hands (not original, replaced), cast brass frame with inlaid enamel cartouches. Medallion with the head of Louis XIV and a royal crown above a globe as a symbol of the absolutist claim to power. Dial diameter: 215 Cage dimensions: 247 x 218 x 140 HxWxD, movement dimensions: 354 x 218 x 160 HxWxD Pendulum length/lead bulb: 1600, Dial diameter: 215, Cage pillars: 9.4/9.4 mm, Thickness: lower cage plate: 2.6/2.8, upper cage plate: 2.8/3.2, Doors: 0.9/1.0, Back: 1.0/1.1, Front plate: 0.7/1.0, front tone: 0.5/0.6, dimension: 205x106, decorative corners: 0.5/0.6, signature fillet: 0.7/0.8 dimension: 181x29, letter height: 4, number height: 5, alarm panel: 0.8 chimney height: 127, ( all dimensions in mm )
