French 1900 Samuel Marti (Clockmaker) Mantel Clock

French 1900 Samuel Marti (Clockmaker) Mantel Clock
£2,100.00
Item number: S2B212025

Creator: Samuel Marti (Clockmaker)

Dimensions: Height: 9.75 in (24.77 cm)Width: 8.75 in (22.23 cm)Depth: 5 in (12.7 cm)

Materials and Techniques: Mahogany

Place of Origin: France

Period: 1900-1909

  • Date of Manufacture: 1900
  • Condition: GoodWear consistent with age and use. very good condition, the clock movement has been completely stripped down and overhauled and is in full
Edwardian Mahogany Inlaid Mantel Clock Edwardian mantel clock housed in a break arch mahogany case with walnut panels and satinwood line stringing , brass pillars to either side with a stepped plinth resting on four brass bun feet. Brass bezel with convex glass opening to the enamel dial with Arabic numerals and original ‘blued’ steel hands. Eight day French movement with anchor escapement striking the hours and halves on a coiled gong. The backplate marked W.B.K.& Fils, Paris and stamped for Samuel Marti, numbered 2208. C.1900 ‘Samuel Marti & Cie’ were well known French clockmakers working from their premises at Le Pays De Montbeliard Paris from just before 1860. They were awarded the medaille de bronze in 1867 at the Great Paris Exhibition and the Medaile D’or in 1900.