An Empire ormolu and porphry double movement table clock with moon dial and calendar, Lesieur, Paris, dated 1826

the timepiece movement with later Brocot suspension, 2½-inch dial with silvered chapter ring, the centre with enamel moon dial and signed Lesieur, connected to the separate count wheel and bell striking calendar movement, the dial with silvered ring for months and date, the centre with enamel dial for days of the week, inscribed A Paris, 1826, each movement contained within a rectangular ormolu case surmounted by an urn flanked by young satyrs above swag and wreath mounts, raised on a porphry and ormolu plinth with leaf and paw feet; on a later mahogany base with a glazed cover

Anthony Denney, Burton Hall, privately published, 1950, photographed in the Landscape Room

Dial with a few minor scratches but otherwise in good condition. Both movements compete but only just running at time of cataloguing and in need of a clean and service. Case retains the original gilding in very good condition and marble also in very good condition. With a replaced pendulum and together with a later glass cover and mahogany stand but no winder.
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Lesieur is recorded at Rue de le Verrerie, Paris between 1812 and 1850.  This unsual and attractive clock is interesting in having two movements inter-linked by a very fine chain and enabling full functionality within the elegant confines of the slim cases.