case very good, a bit dirty and with minor staining, gilding with minor losses, dial good, hands with minor oxide, movement running and striking, very dirty, some steel components with surface rust, pendulum with minor scratches and dings on some parts. This is a particularly nice example of the portico style, with finely detailed ornament on all sides, and well finished movement, indicating that the clock was to be displayed before an over mantel mirror. Little is known about this maker, with only a mention of the name and location in the most recent edition of "Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World" by Brian Loomes. It is interesting to note that Deltroit included "student of Janvier" on the back plate, suggesting that he studied under Antide Janvier, one of the most eminent makers in horological history. A coded number below the signature may be the date of completion, possibly 1830.
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Deltroit, Paris, a large, Charles X mantel regulator, gilt bronze portico style case with acanthus and waterleaf decorated base molding, columns with laurel wreathed bases, multi part Corinthian capitals, and supporting an ornate entablature, the architrave with stepped fascia and leaf and dart moldings, coffered frieze also with leaf and dart moldings and central rosettes, and the cornice with leaf and dart, dental, egg and dart, and anthemion decorated moldings, gilt bezel with acanthus ornament, Roman numeral silver dial with inner seconds chapter, and perimeter date display, blued steel hands, 8 - 15 day brass movement with pin wheel escapement, the back plate signed in script "Deltroit Eleve de Janvier", heavy gridiron pendulum with knife edge suspension, silvered beat scale, dial and movement signed case very good, a bit dirty and with minor staining, gilding with minor losses, dial good, hands with minor oxide, movement running and striking, very dirty, some steel components with surface rust, pendulum with minor scratches and dings on some parts. This is a particularly nice example of the portico style, with finely detailed ornament on all sides, and well finished movement, indicating that the clock was to be displayed before an over mantel mirror. Little is known about this maker, with only a mention of the name and location in the most recent edition of "Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World" by Brian Loomes. It is interesting to note that Deltroit included "student of Janvier" on the back plate, suggesting that he studied under Antide Janvier, one of the most eminent makers in horological history. A coded number below the signature may be the date of completion, possibly 1830.
