Description: Small oval, gilt brass movement. The dial plate is highly decorated with engraved exotic animals and fruits. Among them the newly discovered pineapple known to be a symbol of welcome. The silver dial is engraved with a country scene showing a village, a church, sheep and a man guarding the sheep. The movement is equipped with a single, steel hand for showing the hours.
The verge movement was driven by a cord made with pigs intestine (now nylon), later (about 1650) this will be slowly replaced by a chain, which is more resistant.
The cock is fixed with a peg, this construction will also be enhanced by the later use of a screw. The small two arm balance has no spring.
Additional Info:
Thomas Ribart was maître horloger, bourgeois de Paris, at ‘rue de la Pelleterie, enseigne des Singes’, already listed from 1604.
Antiquarian Horology 
