Historicist pendulum clock with singing figure. Honoré Pons, Paris.

Historicist pendulum clock with singing figure. Honoré Pons, Paris.France. The mechanism was manufactured between 1823 and 1827; the case was likely made around 1840.The movement is marked with the inscription .Honoré Pons à ParisThe movement is marked with the inscription .43.5 x 31.0 x 12.0 cm. 7.4 kg.Clock with string suspension in a neo-Gothic style, featuring a bronze figure—finished with a combination of matte and glossy fire-gilding—depicting a young man in the idealized costume of the first half of the 16th century, complete with a cloak and duckbill shoes, who is seated on a boulder—against which his walking stick, tied with a cloth, leans—and is playing the harp. The dial is silver-plated, features a minute track, and is inscribed with Roman numerals. Hands: Breguet hands.Functional in a brief test. No key. Dial markings worn; one string of the harp appears to have been replaced. The back glass is loose; it appears to have been replaced more recently and glued in place.Shipping upon request.*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Estimation:€390

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