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Oversized Desk Compendium
Chalfont Clocks
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Oversized Desk Compendium

19th century
For Sale by Chalfont Clocks
Description

A desk compendium of unusually large size. This eight day clock, barometer and thermometer housed in a nickel and gilt case and mounted on a black marble base is of exceptional quality and imposing size. The crisp white enamel clock dial is marked Henri Marc, Paris.

The clock movement is regulated by a platform cylinder mounted on an arched back plate with fine blued steel spade hands, housed behind a moulded silvered bezel and a frosted gilt oval mask engraved with symmetrical foliate designs to upper and lower margins, set within an oval moulded nickel finish case with bevel-glazed gilt cavetto moulded front and push-on rear cover mounted next to a matching aneroid barometer with the thermometer joining the two ovals.

The nickel finish to this clock makes it an unusual example as does it’s size (see last picture side by side with a more usual example).

Henry Marc is noted in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS Their history and development as probably a retailer of various mantel and other small clocks and refers to a relatively early carriage clock (number 26886) supplied to Marc by Japy Freres.

Physical Dimensions
Height
21.5cm (8.46")
Width
25cm (9.84")
Depth
8.5cm (3.35")
Declaration

Chalfont Clocks has dated this Antique Desk Clock Compendium to the 1880s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1122929
Dealers Internal Reference
311
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Description
A desk compendium of unusually large size.
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This eight day clock, barometer and thermometer housed in a nickel and gilt case and mounted on a black marble base is of exceptional quality and imposing size.
Chalfont Clocks

The crisp white enamel clock dial is marked Henri Marc, Paris.

fig 1. An oversized antique desk compendium featuring twin gilt brass circular dials with white enamel faces for a barometer and clock, connected by a central vertical thermometer on a black rectangular base.
fig 1. Oversized Desk Compendium

The clock movement is regulated by a platform cylinder mounted on an arched back plate with fine blued steel spade hands, housed behind a moulded silvered bezel and a frosted gilt oval mask engraved with symmetrical foliate designs to upper and lower margins, set within an oval moulded nickel finish case with bevel-glazed gilt cavetto moulded front and push-on rear cover mounted next to a matching aneroid barometer with the thermometer joining the two ovals.

fig 2. An oversized antique desk compendium featuring twin gilt brass circular dials with white enamel faces for a barometer and clock, connected by a central vertical thermometer on a black rectangular base.
fig 2. Oversized Desk Compendium

The nickel finish to this clock makes it an unusual example as does it’s size (see last picture side by side with a more usual example).

Henry Marc is noted in Allix, Charles and Bonnert, Peter CARRIAGE CLOCKS Their history and development as probably a retailer of various mantel and other small clocks and refers to a relatively early carriage clock (number 26886) supplied to Marc by Japy Freres.

Height
21.5cm (8.46")
Width
25cm (9.84")
Depth
8.5cm (3.35")
Date of Manufacture

Chalfont Clocks has dated this Antique Desk Clock Compendium to the 1880s.

Reference Numbers
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SA1122929
Dealers Internal Ref
311
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Archive I An oversized antique desk compendium featuring twin gilt brass circular dials with white enamel faces for a barometer and clock, connected by a central vertical thermometer on a black rectangular base.

Oversized Desk Compendium

Archive II An oversized antique desk compendium featuring twin gilt brass circular dials with white enamel faces for a barometer and clock, connected by a central vertical thermometer on a black rectangular base. View II
Archive III An oversized antique desk compendium featuring twin gilt brass circular dials with white enamel faces for a barometer and clock, connected by a central vertical thermometer on a black rectangular base. View III
Archive IV An oversized antique desk compendium featuring twin gilt brass circular dials with white enamel faces for a barometer and clock, connected by a central vertical thermometer on a black rectangular base. View IV
Archive V An oversized antique desk compendium featuring twin gilt brass circular dials with white enamel faces for a barometer and clock, connected by a central vertical thermometer on a black rectangular base. View V
Archive VI An oversized antique desk compendium featuring twin gilt brass circular dials with white enamel faces for a barometer and clock, connected by a central vertical thermometer on a black rectangular base. View VI
Archive VII An oversized antique desk compendium featuring twin gilt brass circular dials with white enamel faces for a barometer and clock, connected by a central vertical thermometer on a black rectangular base. View VII
Archive VIII An oversized antique desk compendium featuring twin gilt brass circular dials with white enamel faces for a barometer and clock, connected by a central vertical thermometer on a black rectangular base. View VIII
Archive IX An oversized antique desk compendium featuring twin gilt brass circular dials with white enamel faces for a barometer and clock, connected by a central vertical thermometer on a black rectangular base. View IX
Archive X An oversized antique desk compendium featuring twin gilt brass circular dials with white enamel faces for a barometer and clock, connected by a central vertical thermometer on a black rectangular base. View X
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An oversized antique desk compendium featuring twin gilt brass circular dials with white enamel faces for a barometer and clock, connected by a central vertical thermometer on a black rectangular base.
Oversized Desk Compendium
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An oversized antique desk compendium featuring twin gilt brass circular dials with white enamel faces for a barometer and clock, connected by a central vertical thermometer on a black rectangular base.
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A desk compendium is a multi-functional tabletop instrument, typically combining a clock, barometer, and thermometer within a unified metal or wooden casing designed for an executive desk or library setting during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Victorian desk compendiums were constructed using gilt or lacquered brass, silvered metal, white enamel dials, glass bezels, and mercury or spirit thermometer tubes, frequently mounted on slate, marble, or polished hardwood bases.

Authentic pieces feature hand-engraved dial details, heavy cast or turned metalwork, mercury thermometer tubes with Fahrenheit or Centigrade scales, and period movement makers marks stamped on the clock mechanism or dial face.

Place the instrument on a dark wood study desk, modern console table, or bookshelf alongside leather-bound books and metal desk accessories to create a functional focal point.

Dust metal surfaces regularly with a soft dry cloth, clean glass bezels with glass cleaner applied to a cloth rather than sprayed directly, and avoid using abrasive polishes on lacquered brass or engraved silvered dials.
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