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Portico clock in finely chased and gilded bronze and cut crystal.
The base, decorated with a frieze of flowering foliage, supports 4 cut-crystal columns topped with capitals. The pendulum lens is also in cut crystal.
The guilloché dial is signed Brocot in Paris. This signature is engraved and written in ink on the dial support.
The movement chimes the hours and half-hours.
When the movement was overhauled, we found the signature of the manufacturer, Fournier in Paris, on the two springs, along with the date October 1822. This spring manufacturer was located on rue St Martin in Paris.
Louis-Gabriel Brocot, a watchmaker based in Paris, was the inventor of the clock escapement bearing his name.
The movement is in perfect condition, serviced and guaranteed by our watchmaker.
France, Paris, Charles X period, circa 1825.
Height: 37.5 cm.
Width: 20 cm.
Depth: 13 cm.
Ref: 27XHJA4FC3