A Louis Philippe ormolu, brass and white marble Great Wheel skeleton timepiece

CIRCA 1830

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A Louis Philippe ormolu, brass and white marble Great Wheel skeleton timepiece
Circa 1830
The plinth with canted angles and set with a spirit level (probably later), on fabric stand above ebonised plinth and under glass dome (cracked), the pillars capped with lion mask mounts to front and rear, with white enamel chapter ring, the eight day single barrel movement with tic-tac escapement and silk suspension; mask pendulum, key
16½ in. (41.5 cm.) high, 18 in. (46 cm.) high over dome

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Derek Roberts, Continental and American Skeleton Clocks, Schiffer, Pennsylvania, 1989, p.69, fig.65.
F.B. Royer-Collard, Skeleton Clocks, NAG Press, London, 1969, p.65, figs.4-1, 2.

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