A good French portico table regulator

The top quality mahogany case with gilt-brass tapered columns and capitols with engine-turned decoration. The 5 ¼ inch dial with finely engine-turned centre, signed on the cartouche GONNET ELEVE DE ROBIN, recessed seconds chapter at X11, inset with an enamel chapter ring with Roman numerals and calendar numbered in Arabic numerals 1 to 31, surrounded by an engine-turned and engraved gilt bezel. The two train spring barrel movement with outside countwheel sounding the hours and half hours on a bell with PIN-WHEEL escapement and elaborate grid-iron pendulum. The movement protected by a cylindrical dust cover.

Case height: 19 ½ inches (49.5cms).

Note: The main springs dated 1813.