A FRENCH GILT-BRASS AND PORCELAIN-MOUNTED MIGNONNETTE CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE

NO. 656. LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A FRENCH GILT-BRASS AND PORCELAIN-MOUNTED MIGNONNETTE CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE
no. 656. last quarter 19th century
The foliate cast and engraved corniche case with painted porcelain panels to each side depicting a youth spinning silk and a girl filling a pitcher of water respectively, the dial with scene of a courting couple and with black-painted Roman chapters, blued steel spade hands, the silvered lever platform with bimetallic balance, stamped 656 on the backplate
3in. (8cm.) high