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Antide Janvier
A fine and unusual small mahogany pendule d’audience clock, Circa 1830 罕有小型桃花心木 pendule d’audience 座鐘，約1830年製
Auction Closed
December 9, 06:15 PM GMT
Estimate
12,000 - 18,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
A fine and unusual small mahogany pendule d’audience clock, Circa 1830
Dial: 2 7/8 inch white enamel with Roman numerals, inner off-set subsidiary dial calibrated for Ten Minute intervals, blued steel Breguet hands, signed Janvier
Movement: circular brass, full plate movement going barrel, anchor escapement, cylindrical pillars
Case: mahogany veneered case with inlaid boxwood lines, gilt brass bezel, and turned feet
Dimensions: height: 9.75 inches/24.75 cm, width: 5.5 inches/14 cm, depth: 4.25 inches/10.8 cm
In 1789, the right was granted to every French citizen to meet with his local government official. Given the overwhelming popularity of the new law the regime mandated that each appointment would be limited to 10 minutes. The Pendule d’Audience clocks were thus devised in order to institute a method to remain with the confines of the time allotment.
The present lot is unusual given its diminutive size.