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Kauffer Antike Französische Pendule / Kaminuhr mit Schalenbekrönung um 1880 gute Erhaltung

Pre-owned () | Year of production 1880 | No original box | No original papers
RM3,613
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Basic Info
Listing code HB3KM8
Reference number Kauffer 1880
Movement Manual winding
Year of production 1880 (Approximation)
Condition
Scope of delivery
No original box, no original papers
Gender Men's watch/Unisex
Location Germany, Stuttgart
Price €690 (= RM3,613) [Negotiable]
Availability Item is in stock

Caliber
Movement Manual winding
Caliber/movement Kauffer Nancy 1880
Base caliber Japy Freres 1880
Power reserve 240 h
Frequency 9936 A/h

Case
Water resistance Not water resistant
Bezel material Steel
Crystal Mineral Glass
Dial Black
Dial numerals Roman numerals

Functions
Chiming clock

Description
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Beautiful French pendulum / mantel clock / table clock with bowl crowning around 1880

The antique French large clock made of natural stone with intact Parisian pendulum movement around 1880 captivates with figurative ornamentation and formal elegance (width 26 cm, max. height 37 cm, depth 18 cm). The masterful composition - a subtle interplay of polished slate and historicist brass design elements - is an example par excellence of the transition from historicism in the late 19th century to New Objectivity in the early 20th century. Applications such as the elaborately and filigree designed bowl crowning with handles in swan-neck style clearly present themselves as artistic ornamental elements of Historicism, whereas the classically reduced and colorfully receding corpus and the standardized, because serially manufactured Parisian round pendulum movement are already anchored in the age of New Objectivity. This was essentially characterized by the advancing industrialization and a renunciation of everything ornamental. Ferdinand Kauffer, whose signature is on the dial and movement, came from a prestigious goldsmith dynasty in Nancy, which increasingly traded in high-quality small and large clocks in the 19th century. The antique grandfather clock in natural stone body with slight signs of age and use is in pleasingly good condition. The movement of this elegant French pendulum works perfectly, the rate is remarkably good for an antique of this kind. Total weight 3,650 grams.

clock type / movement
French pendulum made of natural stone with bowl crowning
French table clock / mantel clock with ½ hour striking movement
Historicist large clock of the end of the 19th century
Greek column composition of base, stem and capital
Black enamel dial with ornamented silver rim
Distinctive and legible gold-colored Roman numerals
Dial signature of the manufacturer Ferdinand Kauffer - Nancy
Dial side winding for walking and striking movement
Original winding key with inner square size 8
Dial side fine adjustment at 12 o'clock
Time-typical and standardized Parisian round pendulum movement
Proven and high quality mechanics in serial production
Movement diameter 82 mm, brass platinum thickness 2.2 mm
Movement signature of the manufacturer f'nand Kauffer Nancy in the oval ring
Intact lock disc striking movement with bronze bell
Strike for half and full hour on a half-shell bell
Running time of the mechanical movement approx. 10 days
Time-typical clock mechanism with lever escapement
Pendulum suspension with steel spring (typical for the "Second Era")

watch body
watch body made of natural stone (polished slate)
faces with gold-colored floral chases
Beautiful figural applications made of brass
Side handles in the form of lion heads
Protruding metal feet to raise the body of the clock
Brass feet on the front in the shape of lion's feet
Bezel with watch glass and intact opening hinge
Bezel with watch glass on octagonal body stem
Rear clock glass with intact opening hinge
Masterfully and filigree worked shell crowning
Three-part shell crowning according to historical model
Division into base (stone), stem (brass) and top (stone)
Side handles (brass) in swan-neck manner
Rear fastening hook for elevator key

provenance
The antique pendulum with bowl crowning comes from France and was sold in Nancy at the end of the 19th century. Thus, stylistically it belongs to the Historicism or the Wilhelminian period. According to the signature (f'nand Kauffer) on the dial as well as the movement, it comes from the atelier of the jeweler (Orfèvre, Bijoutier, Joaillier) Ferdinand Kauffer (1852 - 1891), who together with his brother André (1867 - 1937), a trained goldsmith and excellent craftsman, ran a jewelry and watch store (Bijouterie, Atelier et Magasin) at No. 40 Rue Saint-Diziers in Nancy. The elegant pendulum can be dated to the period from 1880 to 1890 based on the serial movement and the formal design. The brothers René and Ferdinand Kauffer came from an old goldsmith dynasty dating back to the beginning of the 18th century. Their father, Victor Kauffer, born in 1826, was also a goldsmith in Nancy. The grandfather, Ferdinand Kauffer (1782 - 1856) was also a goldsmith. His father in turn, Etienne Kauffer (1752 - 1812) also practiced the craft of master goldsmith (source: Wikipedia).

a parisian pendule of the finest

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