Nr. 315 CUM
11-inch Comtoise clock with verge escapement and folded pendulum, from the period between 1845 and 1850. Two-part pressed decorative plate with lower extension, featuring a large floral motif. Half-hour and full-hour chime on a bell with repetition. Breguet hands with decorated surfaces. Already in the decade 1840 to 1850, in addition to the standard 10-inch movement, the 11-inch movement was also introduced, although still quite rare with two-part pressed decorative plates.
Dial diameter: 240
Cage dimensions: 315 x 275 x 148 HxWxD
Movement dimensions: 457 x 276 x 165 HxWxD
Pendulum length: approx. 1280 (all dimensions in mm).
P.S. The 4 small screws originally used to attach the two-part decorative plate to the base plate of the dial were replaced by rivets during a later restoration. While 8-day movements in 10-inch-high and 9-inch-wide cages, as well as 11-inch-high and 10-inch-wide cages originally designed for month clocks, were rather the exception in the decades 1820/1840, these cages were increasingly used for 8-day movements. Sometimes no dedicated pressing tool was made for the lower extended decorative plate. The upper pressed part could not be cut at the usual seam but only about 3 cm above it through the embossed decorations of the upper part. This example clearly demonstrates the practice of cutting the lower decorative plate from the upper decorative plate, as the cutting line splits embossed decorations that would never have been designed this way if a dedicated pressing tool for the lower decorative part had been available. Clock No. 315 CUM is an early example of this practice in an 8-day clock from around 1845. Theoretically, every two-part decorative plate could be used in a similar manner. There are further examples, see e.g., No. 527 CUM. From the 1850s onwards, 8-day movements in 11-inch cages became standard, but they featured one-piece pressed decorative plates with lower extensions.
