Lot Essay
Bled is recorded in the rue N. Saint-Martin and was married in 1812.
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PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE COLLECTOR
(LOTS 387 - 388)
A CHARLES X MAHOGANY STRIKING PORTICO CLOCK
THE MOVEMENT SIGNED 'BLED À PARIS', CIRCA 1820 1830
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A CHARLES X MAHOGANY STRIKING PORTICO CLOCK
THE MOVEMENT SIGNED 'BLED À PARIS', CIRCA 1820 1830
The white enamel Roman dial with blued steel hands and a foliate cast ormolu bezel, the substatial movement with circular brass plates and four-back-pinned pillars, twin spring barrels, pinwheel escapement and high quality nine rod gridiron pendulum with knife-edge suspension, countwheel strike on a bell on the backplate signed 'BLED À PARIS', the case with detachable stepped top, sliding front and rear glasses, four columns supported on a rectangular base.
23 in. (59 cm.) high, 12 in. (30 cm.) wide, 9 in. (23 cm.) deep
THE MOVEMENT SIGNED 'BLED À PARIS', CIRCA 1820 1830
The white enamel Roman dial with blued steel hands and a foliate cast ormolu bezel, the substatial movement with circular brass plates and four-back-pinned pillars, twin spring barrels, pinwheel escapement and high quality nine rod gridiron pendulum with knife-edge suspension, countwheel strike on a bell on the backplate signed 'BLED À PARIS', the case with detachable stepped top, sliding front and rear glasses, four columns supported on a rectangular base.
23 in. (59 cm.) high, 12 in. (30 cm.) wide, 9 in. (23 cm.) deep