No. 461 CUM
Comtoise clock with verge escapement and folded pendulum from around 1825/1830. Month movement, half and full hour strike on bell with repetition of the full strike after 2 minutes. Enamel dial with arcade-shaped minute track, Roman numerals for hours and quarter hours, colored depiction of a flower in Empire style over Roman VI. Two-part brass embossed dial with sun head and ribbon bow over fruit bowl, framed on the sides by acanthus and 2 pine cones, cf. also the clocks in vol. 1, no. 38 CUM and clock no. 314 page 314. Iron hands with screwed-on small brass stars.
Dial diameter: 245
Cage dimensions: 302 x 271 x 160 HxWxD
Movement dimensions: 465 x 273 x 180 HxWxD
Pendulum length: 1160 ( all dimensions in mm ).
Illustration no. 4 shows the upper right side of this clock, whereas illustration no. 5 shows the upper part of clock no. 38 CUM. It can be clearly seen that these are two different stampings, because No. 38 CUM has no seeds on the pine cones, whereas No. 461 CUM, but also No. 314, has seeds stamped into the pine cones. There were therefore 2 different tools/impression molds. Both molds were broken, repaired and reused. The break lines visible in the embossing are different on the two models. The break line in the right-hand pine cone is striking in both embossings. So far, I am not aware of any clock that has an embossing without break lines!
