Attributed to Brocot & Delettrez, a good 19th century mantel regulator for the English market, polished black slate case with variegated multicolor marble trim and inlay, pulvinated base on scroll feet with acanthus and bellflower ornament, the sides with drawer pull style sunflower mounts, and surmounted by a bowknot with cascading laurel and oak branches, oval reed and ribbon bezel with beveled glass and acanthus engraved, gilt mask set with Sevres type plaques featuring putto and gilt foliage, roman numeral white enamel dial with exposed Brocot escapement and blued steel Breguet style hands above a white enamel calendar dial, the center decorated with clouds and night sky, day of the week, date, and aperture displaying phases of the moon, surrounded by a ring indicating the months and with simple equation of time, eight day, two train pendule de Paris movement striking on a bell, the back plate marked "J.B.D.", and with Brocot's calendar movement

case with scattered, minor flakes, feet and bezel with losses to gilding, glass with a few scratches, dials and porcelain panels good, day of the week hand with minor bend, movements with minor staining, movement ticking and striking, calendar movement functional, ACCESSORIES: Pendulum, Winding Key, circa 1870

17 x 14 x 6 in