French, Planchon, Paris, in the style of Lepaute, an architectural mantle regulator, 8-day gong striking. Planchon is well known for making in the last quarter of the 1800s, all the styles of clocks that had been popular a century earlier, and he

French, Planchon, Paris, in the style of Lepaute, an architectural mantle regulator, 8-day gong striking. Planchon is well known for making in the last quarter of the 1800s, all the styles of clocks that had been popular a century earlier, and he specialized in models that might appear in the Louvre. The movement was provided by Vincenti, c1875 although there are some fly specs here and there and some stubborn dirt on the glasses, this clock is in overall excellent original condition, with great pierced and gilded hands, and a super porcelain dial, signed by the makers. F/S regulation is on a stud through the dial above 12. The starburst pendulum numbered 665, matches the number on the movement. Movement ticks and strikes, but has not been serviced. Ht 19 inches.