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MOVEMENT NUMBERED 1816. CIRCA 1880
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A French gilt-brass and Limoges enamel striking carriage clock
Movement numbered 1816. Circa 1880
The anglaise riche case with side panels depicting finely painted fairies playing with song birds within tree blossoms, the right hand panel with an indistinct artist's signature, the enamel dial painted with a fairy and a cherub seated in a garden landscape playing with a casket of jewels, the gilt Arabic chapter disc with blued steel hands, the movement with silvered platform lever escapement, twin spring barrels, strike and repeat on a gong on the backplate with further alarm disc in the centre of the backplate and movement number 1816
6¼ in. 16 cm.) high
Movement numbered 1816. Circa 1880
The anglaise riche case with side panels depicting finely painted fairies playing with song birds within tree blossoms, the right hand panel with an indistinct artist's signature, the enamel dial painted with a fairy and a cherub seated in a garden landscape playing with a casket of jewels, the gilt Arabic chapter disc with blued steel hands, the movement with silvered platform lever escapement, twin spring barrels, strike and repeat on a gong on the backplate with further alarm disc in the centre of the backplate and movement number 1816
6¼ in. 16 cm.) high
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