Lot Essay
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE: A clock of closely related design but with enamel dial is illustrated in Pierre Kjellberg, L'Encyclopedie Française, Les Editions de l'Amateur, Paris, 1997, p.432, Fig.C.
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CIRCA 1825
Details
A French patinated bronze striking mantel clock 'au jardinier'
Circa 1825
The case modelled as a gardener, with engine-turned silvered Roman dial with blued steel Breguet hands, the eight day twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell (lacking)
36.5 cm. high
Circa 1825
The case modelled as a gardener, with engine-turned silvered Roman dial with blued steel Breguet hands, the eight day twin barrel movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell (lacking)
36.5 cm. high
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