MARGAINE, NO.8999, RETAILED BY LE ROY & FILS, PARIS, NO.13866. LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A French brass and porcelain-mounted mignonnette carriage timepiece
margaine, no.8999, retailed by le roy & fils, paris, no.13866. last quarter 19th century
The anglaise riche case with Corinthian columns, mounted with porcelain side panels, each depicting a young woman seated amidst blossoming branches and with birds around her, the dial painted with a meadow beside a river, with plain white Roman chapter ring, blued hands, the single barrel movement with silvered platform to bimetallic balance with lever escapement, stamped on the backplate for Margaine with their number 8999, also stamped LE ROY & FILS PARIS NO.13866
3¼in. (8.2cm.) high
margaine, no.8999, retailed by le roy & fils, paris, no.13866. last quarter 19th century
The anglaise riche case with Corinthian columns, mounted with porcelain side panels, each depicting a young woman seated amidst blossoming branches and with birds around her, the dial painted with a meadow beside a river, with plain white Roman chapter ring, blued hands, the single barrel movement with silvered platform to bimetallic balance with lever escapement, stamped on the backplate for Margaine with their number 8999, also stamped LE ROY & FILS PARIS NO.13866
3¼in. (8.2cm.) high