RAVENET

CLOCK MAKER TO

KING OF PRUSSIA 1830

CHIMING COMTOISE

TALLCASE CLOCK

(ITEM # C-372) THIS GRACEFUL LONGCASE CLOCK ALSO CALLED A MORBIER OR COMTOISE WAS MADE BY RAVENET CLOCK MAKER TO THE KING OF PRUSSIA BETWEEN 1830 AND 1840. THE PORCELAIN DIAL PROCLAIMS " RAVENET A BOURBON L' OTRCHAMBAULT".

NOTE THE BEAUTIFUL PORCELAIN DIAL AND EXQUISITELY MADE REPOUSSE GILDED FIGURES PORTRAYING A MOUNTAIN SCENE. (VERY UNUSUAL)
THE DIAL IS 10 INCHES THE REPOUSSE IS 17 INCHES BY 12 INCHES.

THE EIGHT DAY RUNNING MOVEMENT STRIKES THE HOUR AND IN TWO MINUTES REPEATS THE STRIKE. IN ADDITION, IT STRIKES THE HALF HOUR. THE WEIGHTS ARE ORIGINAL.

THE CLOCK HAS THE ORIGINAL GRID IRON AND BRASS PENDULUM WHICH SHOWS THROUGH THE GLASS .

THE PINE CASE IS HANDSOMELY GRAIN PAINTED ( THE TRADITIONAL PROCEDURE).
THE CASE IS IN GOOD CONDITION CONSIDERING IT IS PINE AND ALMOST 200 YEARS OLD.