FRENCH SLATE-CASED HEAVY 14KG BLACK MARBLE SIX PILLAR ANTIQUE MANTLE CLOCK PARTLY WORKING - KEEPING TIME BUT NOT STRIKING

ON AUCTION IS AN ANTIQUE SLATE-CASED BLACK 8-DAY STRIKING MANTLE CLOCK IN GREEK ARHITECTURAL STYLE. IT HAS SIX MARBLE PILLARS. THE CLOCK FACE HAS HOUR NUMERALS AND AN OUTER RING INDICATING MINUTES. THE MANTLE CLOCK IS LARGE 38CM WIDE AND VERY HEAVY 14KG.
 
IT HAS BY ALL INDICATIONS A FRENCH DRUM COUNTPLATE STRIKE ON BELL MOVEMENT BY F MARTI NUMBERED 526 TO THE LEFT OF THE BELL AND 48 UNDERNEATH IT. I SAW AN EXACT SAME FRENCH MOVEMENT ON A SIMILAR SLATE CASED MANTLE CLOCK ONLINE. HERE IS THE LINK http://www.fleming4clocks.co.uk/mantelclocks.html
 
RIGHT KEY WINDS UP AND IS TICKING ALONG NICELY. LEFT STRIKE KEY APPEARS STUCK AND I DID NOT TRY TO FORCE IT. IT STILL WORKS BUT NEEDS SETUP AND SERVICE TO GET STRIKE CORRECT. ORIGINAL PENDULUM AND REPLACEMENT KEY INCLUDED.
 
Black Marble clocks became popular in the UK when Queen Victoria lost her husband. She and her subjects went into a prolonged state of morning and bought anything black. Known as Black Slate Clocks the stone base is in fact neither marble nor slate. It is a Belgian calcite stone. However the clocks were often inlaid with genuine marble to give them style.
 
SIZE: 38CM WIDE 30CM HIGH 13CM DEEP
WEIGHT 14,1KG

CONDITION: FEW SCRAPES AND ONE CORNER CHIP TO THE CASING. PLEASE SEE PHOTOS. RIGHT KEY WINDS UP AND IS TICKING ALONG NICELY. LEFT STRIKE KEY APPEARS STUCK AND I DID NOT TRY TO FORCE IT. IT STILL WORKS BUT NEEDS SETUP AND SERVICE TO GET STRIKE CORRECT. ORIGINAL PENDULUM AND REPLACEMENT KEY INCLUDED.
 
MARKINGS: NUMBERED 526 TO THE LEFT OF THE BELL AND 48 UNDERNEATH IT.
 
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