Lot Essay
F.B. Royer-Collard Skeleton Clocks, London, 1969, p. 81, plates 5-18/5-20.
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MOINEAU AND DEGRÉGE, PARIS, MID-19TH CENTURY
Details
A FRENCH GILT-BRASS WEIGHT-DRIVEN TIMEPIECE SKELETON CLOCK
MOINEAU AND DEGRÉGE, PARIS, MID-19TH CENTURY
The openwork frame on an inlaid rosewood plinth, with recoil anchor escapement, endless chain and pull wind, the backplate stamped 'AUGTE. MOINEAU ET ROLLAND DEGRAEGE', with silvered chapter ring and thermometer scale (mercury tube removed)
22½ in. (57 cm.) high; 15¼ in. (38.7 cm.) wide; 5 in. (12.7 cm.) deep
MOINEAU AND DEGRÉGE, PARIS, MID-19TH CENTURY
The openwork frame on an inlaid rosewood plinth, with recoil anchor escapement, endless chain and pull wind, the backplate stamped 'AUGTE. MOINEAU ET ROLLAND DEGRAEGE', with silvered chapter ring and thermometer scale (mercury tube removed)
22½ in. (57 cm.) high; 15¼ in. (38.7 cm.) wide; 5 in. (12.7 cm.) deep
Special notice
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