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Home > Auction >  164. Winterauktion >  Lot.311 Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with
Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)
  • Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with<br />Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)
  • Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with<br />Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)
  • Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with<br />Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)
  • Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with<br />Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)
  • Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with<br />Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)
  • Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with<br />Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)
  • Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with<br />Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)
  • Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with<br />Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)
  • Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with<br />Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)
  • Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with<br />Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)
  • Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with<br />Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)
  • Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with<br />Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)
  • Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with<br />Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)
  • Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with<br />Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)
  • Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with<br />Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)
  • Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with<br />Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)
  • Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with<br />Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)
  • Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with<br />Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)
  • Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with<br />Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)
  • Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with<br />Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)

LOT 311 Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with
Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)

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Longcase Precision Clock - Ferdinand Berthoud (1727-1807), around 1800, silvered dial with
Roman numerals and Arabic minute, signed ''Ferdinand Berthoud'' above the ''6'', partly worn, subsidiary second hand below the ''12'', with the inscription ''temps Moyen, diam.c.30cm, behind glass, 1 weight, pendulum (wooden staff with heavy brass lens), in working order, key, movement signed: Couratin a Paris,paper marks to the backside, signs of age and wear, c.210x55x29cm -Ferdinand Berthoud (1727 in Plancemont, Switzerland-1807, Groslay in France) was a famous horologist and author of extensive treatises on timekeeping. Berthoud was apprenticed to his brother, a clockmaker at Plancemont, and subsequently studied in Paris. His indefatigable inventiveness and many publications soon made him influential in horological circles, and he became involved in the attempt to solve the problem of determining longitude at sea. Berthoud's achievement was his creation of a number of reasonably practical marine clocks, partly based on instruments previously constructed in expensive and delicate prototypes by Pierre Leroy of France and John Harrison of England, at a time when very few marine timekeepers were available at all.He was succeeded in his work by his much more-talented nephew Pierre-Louis Berthoud (1754-1813), a celebrated chronometer maker in his own right.(Encyclopædia Britannica)

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Porcelain group ''Little Red Riding Hood'' - Fraureuth porcelain factory, an appropriately<br />dressed fairy tale figure with basket and picked flowers in her hands, looking at the big wolf behind her, polychrome onglaze painting, slightly rubbed at the top of the cap, monogrammed on plinth ''MBI '', marked in unglazed ground: green manufactory stamp 1909-1923, pressed No.9, painted decor number: 23/453 and 39, H.ca.24cm

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Musician from ''The Turkish Orchestra''- Hoechst, Germany, blue wheel mark with painter's<br />mark 'Tö 381', 20th century, French horn player, porcelain, glazed, polychrome painted, gold decor, red jacket, white trousers with blue pattern, black boots and white turban, on naturalistic base, designed by Johann Peter Melchior (1747-1825), H.ca.18cm

LOT 10

Sechs Mokkalöffel - Dänemark, Silber 830s, Meisterzeichen NM (Nicolai Soren Munck -<br />Kopenhagen 1937-1947), Nr.460 gestempelt, durchbrochen gearbeitete Rocaillengriffe, leichte Gebrauchsspuren, L.ca.10cm Gewicht zusammen ca.46g

LOT 101

Russisches Deckeldöschen - Silber (geprüft), runde Form, Deckel mit russischem Doppeladler<br />mit Brustschild, Reste der Goldfassung, Alters- bzw. Gebrauchsspuren, HxD:ca.8x24mm, Gewicht ca.10g

LOT 102

Small stone cut box of green jade in the style of Fabergé - Russia, rounded high<br />rectangular shape with plug-in lid, silver mount (stamped ''Kokoshnik-mark with head to the right 88 [Zolotniki]'' and master mark ''HN'', on both sides applied flower garland (stamped ''56 St.Petersburg'' (56 Zolotniki = 14ct. gold), obverse side with crowned double-headed eagle, set with differently sized diamond roses and a ruby, stones with slight signs of age, cover inside lateral with small eruption, ca.5,7x4,9cm, weight ca.42,2g , in original case

LOT 103

Silver figure ''Seated Bulldog'' in the Fabergé style / paperweight - Russia, full-plastic<br />dog figure sitting on a round onyx base with ornamental silver fittings featuring a palmette frieze and a beaded bordure, hallmarks on collar and thigh: master mark in Cyrillic ''IS'', oval Kokoshnik-mark with head to the right 84 Zolotniki, 1908-1926, probably St.Petersburg, H-figure: ca.9cm / total height: ca.12.5cm

LOT 104

Table bell in Fabergé style - Russia, rounded rectangular shape with oval deepening,<br />beautiful carving of spinach-colored nephrite, polished, round knob surrounded by flower-shaped silver framing with 17 diamond roses, including finely engraved gold garland, stamped ''56 St.Petersburg ''(56 Zolotniki = 14ct. gold) and probably master hallmark (difficult to read), ca.7x5,9cm, weight ca.120,7g, in original case (partially damaged).

LOT 105

Sechs Schnapsbecher - 800er Silber, konische Form, Schauseite mit emaillierten<br />Stadtwappen: München, Frankfurt, Wiesbaden, Düsseldorf, Berlin, Hamburg, im Etui (berieben), Alters- bzw. Gebrauchsspuren, H.ca.4,5cm, Gew.ca.108g

LOT 107

Sieben Schnapsbecher - glatte konische Form, 800er Silber, alle gepunzt mit Halbmond und<br />Krone, 6 mit Einhorn (Meistermarke Kühn Schwäbisch Gmünd), H.ca.4cm, 1 gestempelt

LOT 108

Musician from ''The Turkish Orchestra''- Hoechst, Germany, blue wheel mark with painter's<br />mark 'Tö 423', 20th century, drummer, porcelain, glazed, polychrome painted and gold-plated, red jacket, white trousers with blue pattern, black boots and white turban, on naturalistic base, designed by Johann Peter Melchior (1747-1825), H.ca.18cm

LOT 11

Antique Henkel bowl - silver, hallmarked with Hanau stamps (lily / merchant ship), 19th<br />century, elegant, oval bowl, rocaille handles with mermaid reliefs, length with handles: approx.19 cm, width: approx .9 cm, height: about 2.2 cm. weight: ca.145.4 g

LOT 110

Tazza mit Silberfuß - 19.Jh., passig geschweifte ausschwingende Kuppa aus rötlichem Glas,<br />innen mit Email-Überfang,florale Durchschliffe,ornamental geschliffener Goldrand und-staffage mit Blütenranken, partiell berieben, unterseitig Sternschliff, reich gegliederter getreppter Hohlfuß aus Silberblech mit reliefierten Rocaillen und C-Schwüngen, tlw. ziseliert,zeitbedingte Gebrauchsspuren, HxD:ca.22x29cm

LOT 112

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