A rare amboyna and gilt bronze orrery clock with music box signed Raingo Freres

A rare amboyna and gilt bronze orrery clock with music box signed Raingo Freres

Estimate:
[restrict paid=ture]$100,000 – $150,000[/restrict]
Auctioneer:
[restrict paid=ture]Schmitt Horan & Co.[/restrict]
Sold Price:
[restrict paid=ture]$150,000[/restrict]
Sold Date:
[restrict paid=ture]Jun 12, 2022[/restrict]

Raingo Freres, Paris, a rare amboyna and gilt bronze orrery clock with music box, the rotunda form case with gilt leaf and dart molded rings at top and bottom, the columns with finely ornamented gilt bronze bases and capitals, supporting the entablature, the top mounted with bas relief ormolu signs of the zodiac and a silvered calendar ring, gilt, signed, roman numeral engine turned dial with finely detailed cast bezel, blued steel Breguet style hands and concentric double pointer indicating the day and deities, 8 day two train movement with compensated gridiron pendulum and striking the hours and half hour on a bell, and controlling the rate of rotation of the orrery, demonstrating the motion of the earth and moon around the sun, the four year orrery movement with its own power source and rectangular plates, and with horizontal, dead silvered dials at each end, one indicating the common and leap years, the other showing the age of the moon, with optional manual drive through a handle at the right side of the clock, all resting on a square plinth containing the musical mechanism with pinned cylinder, playing at noon and midnight or on demand, the front with brass plate engraved "Fecit Raingo a Paris", and with three toggles for controlling silence, manual play, and tune change, the clock beneath a protective glass dome