French Huguenin Paris Suspended-Movement Skeleton Clock In Cloche

Lot description

French gilt-metal and black marble suspended-movement skeleton clock, late 19th c., arched pillar supporting a gridiron pendulum of seven rods, above pierced dial with Roman numeral hour markers, signed Huguenin A. Paris, open pinwheel escapement and inverted crutch, mounted on smooth cylindrical socle and turned-form feet, housed in a glass cloche raised on footed slate base, observed operating, runs very fast, in need of professional adjustment, clock: approx 20.25"h, 5"w, 5"d, overall in cloche: approx 24"h, 9"diam, 23lbs Provenance: Dallas, Texas: When the madness of collecting collides with connoisseurship