A rare fine quality gilt bronze ormolu cased French Empire engine milled decorated coach timepiece or pendule d''alcove. Good looking, heavy gilt case with beautiful snake devouring itself suspension ring. The white enamel chapter ring dial with arabic numerals signed ''Breguet � Paris'' with blue steel hands and a silver guilloche engraved central plate. Later spring driven movement with platform escarpment. Abraham-Louis Breguet was born in Neuch�tel, spending his working life in Paris is regarded as perhaps the greatest horologist and clockmaker of all time, and was responsible for many innovations. Lovely looking, very decorative example. Case France, circa 1820.Based in London, we are dealers in fine decorative antiques from the 18th and 19th centuries. We specialise in this era of enlightenment, neoclassicism and the Grand Tour, with its far reaching influence on style and taste in Britain, Continental Europe and beyond: elegance in the age of Napoleon. Our extensive stock covers all aspects of this period and decorative antiques influenced by the period. We constantly source new, beautiful items and upload to our site regularly. We are first and foremost antique collectors with over thirty years of experience; we only buy what we love and we hope you will too. Additional images can be supplied on request. More items are available on our website http://www.cellantiques.co.uk. We ship worldwide.Height is 18cm (7.1inches)
Width is 14cm (5.5inches)
Depth is 5.5cm (2.2inches)