NO.37. LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A French gilt-brass and porcelain-mounted mignonnette carriage timepiece
no.37. last quarter 19th century
The cannelee case mounted with jewelled porcelain panels to the sides and rear door, each with oval reserve against a pink ground depicting a folly in a forest, the dial with individual Roman cartouches and painted with flowers to the centre, with jewelled panel below showing a couple picnicking, blued quatrefoil hands, the single barrel movement with silvered platform to bimetallic balance with lever escapement, numbered 37 on the backplate
3.1/8in. (8cm.) high
no.37. last quarter 19th century
The cannelee case mounted with jewelled porcelain panels to the sides and rear door, each with oval reserve against a pink ground depicting a folly in a forest, the dial with individual Roman cartouches and painted with flowers to the centre, with jewelled panel below showing a couple picnicking, blued quatrefoil hands, the single barrel movement with silvered platform to bimetallic balance with lever escapement, numbered 37 on the backplate
3.1/8in. (8cm.) high