Louis XV Style Brass Mantel Clock with Chapus Movement

A Louis XV style brass mantel clock, late 19th century, with…
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A Louis XV style brass mantel clock, late 19th century, with movement by a Chapus, Paris. The bell and pendulum clock with a white enamel dial, ornately tooled gilt hands and Roman and Arabic numerals, raised on a waisted rococo pedestal with pierced and foliate scrolls and surmounted by a decorative amphora, on a shaped serpentine base with small feet; with an associated shaped ebonised timber stand. Height 54 cm. Width 37 cm. Depth 17 cm

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  • Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
  • Movement - The technical name for the workings of a clock or watch, and does not include the dial or case.
  • Pendulum - The pendulum was discovered around 1602 by Galileo Galilei, and was adopted for time keeping by the Dutch mathematician and natural philosopher, Christiaan Huygens, who excelled in astronomy, physics, and horology.

    The pendulum comprises a metal rod usually of brass or steel with a metal disk, known as a bob, at the end. The movement of the pendulum is driven by weights or a spring, and as a pendulum swings in a regular arc, it was found accuracy could be controlled to within a few seconds a week.

    Timekeeping can be adjusted by changing the height of the bob on the rod, making the pendulum either swing slower or faster.

    The disadvantage of the pendulum was that changes in temperature also changed the length of the pendulum, interfering with the accuracy of the clock, and so in the 18th century two types of mercurial pendulums were invented which countered the movement in the steel rod.

    The pendulum was the world's most accurate timekeeping technology until the invention of the quartz clock, regulated by a quartz crystal, in 1927.

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