Marti clock

This was today’s job. Slate mantel clocks are not particularly popular now but were after the death of Prince Albert. This is a very fine example with a visible escapement. The name on the dial says Wilson of Penrith but that would only have been the retailer. The clock was actually made by Samuel Marti of Paris, a French clockmaker working in the mid 1800s from Paris at Le Pays de Montbeliard. He set up in business with Roux and Japy Freres in 1863 to market their clock movements