Pendule ancienne

A late Louis XV gilt bronze mounted rosewood and amaranth travel or bedroom clock
with a pull-string alarm, signed Verdier à Paris – circa 1770

 Height: 27 cm. (10 ½ in.)             Width: 16.5 cm. (6 ½ in.)            Depth: 12.2 cm. (4 ¾ in.)

The enamel dial bearing the signature, with Roman numerals indicating the hours and Arabic numerals for the minutes with pierced and engraved gilt brass hands and a blued steel alarm hand. The alarm is activated by means of a pull-string. The rectangular movement has a recoil lever escapement and silk-thread suspension and strikes the alarm on a bell.

Provenance

Collection of Arturo Lopez-Willshaw, Neuilly-sur-Seine