SOUNDING CLOCK WITH AUTOMATA BERTHOUD CA. 1820

Pierre Louis Berthoud Lepine clock with hour and quarter-hour striking mechanism and automaton bell ringers. Plain silver case with signed metal dust cover. White enamel dial with two bell figures in gold and silver of varying tones that chime the hours and quarter-hours when the spring is wound. Full plate movement with hour and quarter-hour striking mechanism (needs servicing). Note: This clock may have been manufactured while Louis Berthoud's sons, Charles Auguste and Louis Simon, were running the business, as he died in 1813. Key included. Weight: 120g.