French "Girl on a Swing" Mantel Clock in Alabaster housing

Ref No. 46

Click for view of escapement

Case:Attractive Alabaster openwork case with some ormolu decoration.
Size:

9.5 inches high and about 7.75 inches wide. Dial diameter approx 3.25 inches.

Movement:

This interesting and most attractive clock has a pendulum in the form of a girl on a swing which moves from front to back rather than the more conventional side to side action. Farcot, the maker, developed a special form of anchor escapement for this purpose and patented it in 1862.
Click here for view of escapement

The back plate has the Farcot trademark of a shield bearing an anchor with a star surmounting the shield. Ref: CC

Notes:

This particular clock probably dates from about 1888 (Farcot put serial numbers on his work but records are as yet scanty)