Lot 500
A late 19th century French eight-day twin train rack striking mantle clock striking the hours and ha...
A late 19th century French eight-day twin train rack striking mantle clock striking the hours and half-hours on a coiled gong, white enamel recessed dial with Roman numerals and minute track, visible Brocot dead-beat escapement with semi-circular jewelled pallets, hinged cast brass bezel with bevelled glass, steel fleur de Lise hands and Brocot pendulum regulation arbor, dial inscribed “Benetfink & Co Ltd, London”, movement backplate stamped “A.D. Mougin ‘Deux Medaille’s’” Serial No 61653, in a black Belgium slate case with a shaped pediment surmounted by an oblate dome and finial, curved recessed tympanum with a brass repousse frieze depicting a scene from Greek mythology, recessed reeded columns with brass capitals on a stepped plinth, matching Belgium slate garnitures, comprising wide rimmed urns with scroll handles supported by a cast circular foliate foot on a triple-stepped rectangular plinth.
With pendulum & key.
A D Mougin was a prolific French clockmaker working in the mid to late nineteenth century, manufacturing clock movements in the Montbeliard region of France, also listed as having premises on the Rue de Turenne in Paris, Mougin won two gold medals for his clocks at the Paris exhibitions of 1867 and 1879 which he used as the basis for his trademark which contain the ‘Deux Medaille’s’ .
Benetfink & Co. were a large retail business located at 89-90 Cheapside, London, from c1845 to 1907
B17611
SOLD £130