France, Comtoise lantern clock, 8 day, time and strike with alarm, weight driven movement with Chevalier de Bethune escapement, thread suspension with rear-hanging pendulum in a iron posted iron frame, brass chapter ring with engraved Roman numerals,

France, Comtoise lantern clock, 8 day, time and strike with alarm, weight driven movement with Chevalier de Bethune escapement, thread suspension with rear-hanging pendulum in a iron posted iron frame, brass chapter ring with engraved Roman numerals, brass alarm ring with engraved Arabic numerals, two iron hands, all surmounted by a cast brass fronton and four turned iron finials. The brass chapter ring is particularly thick, as is the cast fronton on top of the clock. Thick iron hands. The movement is fairly clean with some light rust on some of the iron parts. The arbors are very robust. The bell is embossed with "Louis Duboi au Puy ". This is a fascinating clock with many unusual features. The clock has a wonderful example of the Chevalier de Bethune escapement which resides above the top plate. The pallets for this unusual recoil escapement are mounted on two independent arbors that are associated by pivoting connection between them. An oversized thumb screws allows the escapement drops to be adjusted. This escapement is featured in Tardy's chapter on "La Pendule Louis XV ". The clock also features a worm and screw assembly within the strike train and a foliot type governor rather than the more traditional fly. The frame that supports the screw has a beautiful fan shape ornament on the bottom. The clock comes with weights, but no pendulum. No provision for sides or back are evident. This clock was sold by Ivoire Saint-Etienne on June 2nd, 2012 as lot number 49.