Major Asian, Fine Art, Antiques, & Silver
Sun, Jun 9, 2024 11:00AM EDT
Lot 1534
19th Century Morbier Grandfather Clock
Estimate: $2,000 - $2,500
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $10 |
| $100 | $25 |
| $250 | $50 |
| $1,000 | $100 |
| $2,500 | $250 |
| $7,500 | $500 |
| $20,000 | $1,000 |
| $50,000 | $2,500 |
| $100,000 | $5,000 |
| $250,000 | $10,000 |
19th Century Morbier French Parisian Grandfather Clock. The French Morbier clock is known as a provincial clock, to distinguish it from clocks made in major urban centres, primarily Paris. 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. Morbier was a rural, agricultural (dairy) community in the Jura Mountains of the Franche-Comté region, near the French border with Switzerland, famous for their Morbier cheese. Starting in the second half of the 18th Century, farmers began to manufacture clock parts during the cold winter months. These clock parts were purchased by finishers, who would assemble the parts to create a clock. The clocks were then ostensibly sold to travellers passing through town. Morbier clocks are also known as Comtoise clocks because of the Franche-Comté region where they were produced. Production stopped around 1914 because of the Great War. Tourism is a significant part of the local economy nowadays, supplementing income from agriculture, as the production of clocks once did.
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