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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 483973, member: 25"]It is a countwheel strike bell striking French clock from about 1870. It has Brocot suspension for the pendulum.It is a tIme and strike movement, not a twin movement. I do not know the movement maker off hand but it does not really matter, all French movements of the period were fine pieces of work and all to about the same high standard. The case is probably patinated spelter, scratch somewhere underneath to see if the metal is silvery. If a gold colour then it is probably bronze, but this is unlikly.</p><p><b>Never, ever, shoot pictures into a light, </b>always have the brightest light behind you, unless you are after a deliberate artistic effect.</p><p>Looking at it again it may be black marble, actually a dense black Belgian limestone. The metal part may be spelter, though.</p><p><br /></p><p>Way out of fashion now, the value would be modest but a lot depends on where you are.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 483973, member: 25"]It is a countwheel strike bell striking French clock from about 1870. It has Brocot suspension for the pendulum.It is a tIme and strike movement, not a twin movement. I do not know the movement maker off hand but it does not really matter, all French movements of the period were fine pieces of work and all to about the same high standard. The case is probably patinated spelter, scratch somewhere underneath to see if the metal is silvery. If a gold colour then it is probably bronze, but this is unlikly. [B]Never, ever, shoot pictures into a light, [/B]always have the brightest light behind you, unless you are after a deliberate artistic effect. Looking at it again it may be black marble, actually a dense black Belgian limestone. The metal part may be spelter, though. Way out of fashion now, the value would be modest but a lot depends on where you are.[/QUOTE]
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