French picture frame wall clock.
French picture frame clock.
The clock was named after the village of morbier located about 30 miles north to north west of geneva on a trade route la route nationale 5 between paris and geneva.
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This is a antique french picture frame clock.
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The french morbier clock is known as a privincial clock to distinguish it from clocks made in major urban centres primarily paris.
At the same time that american clockmaking was coming unto its own french clocks began to see a revival in interest in gothic styling with clock cases taking a shape similar to gothic cathedrals.
In good running order.
It is a spring driven wall clock that repeats the hourly strike a few minutes after the hour.
8 day spring driven time and strike movement with marble dial and applied porcelain numerals.
This is part of the history of this type of clock.
Some wear joint separations plexiglas in frame.
There were also picture frame animated clocks.
A late 19th century french picture frame clock.
During this time period three dimensional animated scene clocks were introduced.
French circa 1870 picture frame clock mounted with a time and strike movement.
French picture frame wall clock circa 1880 10 alabaster dial 8 day square brass movement serpentine picture frame case with brass inlaid rosewood surrounding dial enamel cartouche with red on white hour markers good condition with wear movement complete and seems to work fine.
Molded wavy edge frame with original ebonized detail opens and displays a dial surround with inlaid decoration.