A Gilded French Four Glass Clock with Visible Escapement and Ellicott Type Pendulum

This is a beautiful French Four Glass clock, with a temperature compensated pendulum of the type invented by British clockmaker John Ellicott in 1752, and a visible jewelled Brocot half deadbeat escapement. The case bezel and pendulum are beautifully gilded with a soft frosted finish.

The Movement is Stamped with the S. Marti & Co Medaille De Bronze makers mark, Marti exhibited his clocks regularly at expositions in Paris, where he won a Mention of Honour in 1839, a Bronze Medal in 1860, and a Silver Medal in 1889, dating this clock to within this 29 year period of production.

A renowned Parisian clockmaker in the second half of the 1800s, Samuel Marti established his business in 1841 in Montbéliard, in Doubs, a department in northeast France that was the birthplace of many of the most prestigious clockmakers.

This clock comes with our two year guarantee.

31cm H x 18cm W x 14cm D