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CASE AND DIAL BY DUVAL, PARIS, LATE 17TH CENTURY; MOVEMENT BY BENJAMIN VULLIAMY, NO.726, 19TH CENTURY
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A Louis XIV red-stained tortoiseshell, boulle marquetry and ormolu-mounted striking religeuse
Case and dial by Duval, Paris, late 17th Century; movement by Benjamin Vulliamy, No.726, 19th Century
The case with conforming decoration to the sides around arched glazed panels, the cast ormolu dial with applied white enamel Roman cartouche chapters, strike/silent to side and regulation arbor above, blued steel hands, the English eight day twin wire fusee movement with regulation above the rectangular plates and strike on bell to pediment, signed Vulliamy/London/No.726; Vulliamy steel rod pendulum with brass bob stamped 726
61.5 cm. high
Case and dial by Duval, Paris, late 17th Century; movement by Benjamin Vulliamy, No.726, 19th Century
The case with conforming decoration to the sides around arched glazed panels, the cast ormolu dial with applied white enamel Roman cartouche chapters, strike/silent to side and regulation arbor above, blued steel hands, the English eight day twin wire fusee movement with regulation above the rectangular plates and strike on bell to pediment, signed Vulliamy/London/No.726; Vulliamy steel rod pendulum with brass bob stamped 726
61.5 cm. high
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