Brocot a Paris, a porcelain mantel clock, the eight-day dur...

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£200

Brocot a Paris, a porcelain mantel clock, the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the backplate stamped for the maker Brocot a Paris, along with the serial number 541, the round white enamel dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel moon hands and with a repeat of the makers name, the white rococo porcelain case with applied floral decoration and further painted decoration and standing on a matching base, height 36cm inc. base. Biography The Brocot family were a well-known dynasty of clockmakers, founded by Louis-Gabriel Brocoot, working in Paris with a number of Brevetes d'invention to their name including the Brocot form of suspension regulation as used in the majority of French movements in the mid-to-late 19th century. Reference Richard Chavigny Les Brocot une Dynastie d'Horlogers Pub..Antoine Simonin 1991