Japy Frères Ormolu Boudoir Clock ~ French - Circa 1860 ~ ~~ Excellent condition, fully overhauled ~~ A superb Japy Frères antique French ormolu boudoir clock. It is classical in style with scrolls, acanthus panel with birds and a large urn with rams head handles to the top. The lid of the urn opens for storage of small items. The ormolu is in stunning original condition.

The dial is porcelain enamel on copper with separate minute ring and delicately fretted gilt hands. The rear door is glazed to allow the movement to be seen.

The French movement is by Japy Frères and is of high quality. It is the early version of the Paris movement with a spring hammer stop. On the back plate is the clockmaker's mark. It is in excellent clean and running condition having been fully overhauled by our clockmaker. Pendulum is original. It runs for 8 days and strikes the hours and halves on a bell. Click the video below to hear the bell and watch the clock running.

Condition of the case is excellent, the original gilding is beautifully clean and bright with hardly any wear or discolouration and there are no losses. The dial is also in excellent condition with no damage. There are some light scratches to the original glass. A lovely clock in excellent original condition.

Japy Freres clockmaker's mark on the movement backplate

Complete with original pendulum, bell and a suitable key. Full setting up instructions supplied if required.

Click the movie player below to see the this actual clock run -
(large file, may take a moment to start).