Nr. 330 CUM
9-inch Comtoise clock with verge escapement and folded pendulum from the year 1843. Half-hour and full-hour chime on a bell with repetition after 2 minutes, striking mechanism still released by spring pressure. Two-piece embossed decorative plate depicting Napoleon I on a pedestal with two cannons, framed by laurel, flags, and two side eagles. In the 4 corners of the dial, cannonballs with burning fuses are depicted. Enamel dial with the year 1843 surrounded by polychrome enamel painting. Decorated star-shaped hands that became popular again with the renewed enthusiasm for Napoleon I (transfer of Napoleon I’s remains in 1840 from St. Helena to Paris in Les Invalides) and reminiscent of the five-pointed Order of the Legion of Honor from 1804.
Dial diameter: 220
Cage dimensions: 247 x 245 x 145 (HxWxD)
Movement dimensions: 387 x 246 x 170 (HxWxD)
Pendulum length: 1280
( all dimensions in mm )
( See also Fig. Nr. 36 CUM, Nr. 172 CUM, Nr. 206 CUM, and Nr. 1324 )
