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A French gilt-brass and porcelain-mounted miniature carriage timepiece
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A French gilt-brass and porcelain-mounted miniature carriage timepiece

A. DUMAS, NO. 128. CIRCA 1885

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A French gilt-brass and porcelain-mounted miniature carriage timepiece
A. Dumas, No. 128. Circa 1885
Of lantern form and with loop suspension to the top, each side and the rear door mounted with a royal blue porcelain panel painted with floral reserves within gilt-painted and white enamel jewelled borders, the dial painted with a swain serenading his maiden, the gilt-painted chapter ring with Roman numerals, blued steel hands, the single barrel movement with replacement silvered platform lever escapement, the back plate with punched signature A. DUMAS and number 128, with repeat number to the inside of the rear door panel
3 7/8in. (9.7cm.) high
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis

拍品專文

Dumas seems to have specialised in this style of miniature carriage clock. See for example Christie's South Kensington, The Dr Eugene and Rose Antelis Collection of Important French Carriage Clocks, 26 November 1998, lot 1.