Commode clock - Antique - Gilt bronze - 1850-1900

Very beautiful antique French pendulum clock. Cast bronze, fire-gilded.

Dial signed: Gudin a Paris
Movement signed Stempel with Blin Horloger a Paris
Movement from the house of S. Marti (1832-1931)
Bronze medal from 1860
Clockmaker Blin took over the company from the tower clockmaker NIOT in 1823 and subsequently handed the business in 1860 to J. Christophe). Probably Blin then focused on the more luxurious “small” pendulums.
This pendulum suspension system, by which the clock can also be finely regulated, was patented by Brocot in 1877, so the clock is from after that time.
Movement, pendulum, and bezel are numbered 38, which suggests that they belong together.
The case and the dial signature give the impression of a much older clock: the case Louis XV and Gudin 1750-1789, but this is a later reissue that is indeed very beautiful and well-cast and, in that respect, does not lag behind the 1st-period pendulums.
The gilding on the back in a few spots is a bit worn but not distracting and not visible from the front.
Large-format movement (11 cm) with large fusee barrels enabling the movement to run for two weeks.
As with the fine adjustment, the rate is also Brocot (pin-anchored).
Everything is still original except the winding key.
The movement runs and strikes well as it should. It would certainly benefit from a service in due time.

Dimensions:
52 cm high
31 cm wide
23 cm deep
13 kg heavy!