French Floor Standing Thirty-day Regulator with Coteau Dial, Cardinaux, Paris, c. 1807, removable stepped and dental molded cornice above the fully glazed paneled case with raised panel base, 10 1/2-in. dia. brass bezel enclosing the convex glass, polychrome roman numeral dial with arabic five-minute markings, annual calendar with month and date, raised zodiac calendar and symbols on a cobalt blue ground, and signed "Cardinaux a Paris," along with the enameller "H. Coteau 1807," pierced gilt hands indicating hours, minutes, and solar time, steel hands for sweep center seconds, and date, thirty-day weight-driven movement with a barrel mounted off the backplate, maintaining power, pinwheel escapement with adjustable steel compass-style pallets, and brass ladder-form crutch with screw beat adjustment, nine-rod bimetallic grid-iron pendulum suspended from a shaped brass bracket with gimballed steel spring, weight suspended down the back of the case via a pulley mounted under the removable cornice, ht. 80 1/2 in.
Note: Joseph Coteau (1740-1812) was the preeminent dial enameller of his time, his zodiac dials are noted for their artistic flair and extensive detail.
Condition
Condition: following information has been shared by the consignor: equation of time hand travels with the minute hand and shows the relationship between solar and mean time by illustrating the solar time in relationship to the mean time minute hand as dictated by the equation of time kidney located behind the dial.
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