Antique American Clocks January 2020
450. $200
Japy Freres & Cie small table clock, ca. 1870. This brass, Louis XIV-style clock is just 12 inches
tall with elaborate brass decorations, garlands, and the requisite urn on top. At first, I thought it was firegilded, but I
believe it is all brass, possibly gilded as I see no tarnish, but no wear either. There is a bit of spotting to the finish,
mostly on top, but nothing you can’t live with, and it might clean off with a bit of polish. There is a metal repoussé dial
with white cartouche porcelain numbers and a retailer, L. Engelskirchen, Dusseldorf. The dial glass is convex and beveled. There is a pendule de Paris time-and-strike movement with the Japy Freres logo and an outside count wheel. It is running and
striking on a nickel bell. Note the small key hanging from the top, used to adjust the fast/slow setting. This little
guy is too pretty to pass up. $250-$500.