No. 104 CUM 

11-inch Comtoise clock with anchor escapement and lyre pendulum, dating to around 1880/90. The gridiron pendulum features 13 rods and a 330 mm pendulum lens. The clock strikes on the half-hour and full hour on a bell with repetition. It has a date display and an enamel dial with applied enamel cartouches, signed: Liébher à Aigueperse. The Black Forest surname Liebherr has already been adapted to a French spelling.

Anselm Lothar Liebherr was born on April 9, 1840, in St. Georgen and died on June 18, 1909, in Aigueperse. He was initially a clockmaker in Clermont-Ferrand before marrying Anne Vergnette (October 16, 1842 - December 28, 1926) on September 7, 1867. He then settled as a clockmaker in Aigueperse in 1868. Numerous Comtoise clocks bear the name Liebherr on their dials.

  • Dial diameter: 228 mm
  • Cage dimensions: 316 x 276 x 152 mm (HxWxD)
  • Movement dimensions: 455 x 360 x 170 mm (HxWxD)
  • Pendulum length: 1305 mm

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