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BALTHAZARD, PARIS. LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A French red-stained tortoiseshell and ormolu-mounted quarter-chiming table clock
Balthazard, Paris. Last quarter 19th Century
The case with pierced frets to the sides and caryatid mounts to each angle, the black velvet covered dial plate applied with a cast dial with inset white enamel Roman cartouche chapters, subsidiary discs below for carillon/silence and Cambridge/Westminster selection, pendulum regulation above XII, the eight day triple barrel movement with quarter chimes on four gongs (Westminster) or eight bells (Cambridge), with hour strike on further gong, trip repeat; pendulum
57.5 cm. high
Balthazard, Paris. Last quarter 19th Century
The case with pierced frets to the sides and caryatid mounts to each angle, the black velvet covered dial plate applied with a cast dial with inset white enamel Roman cartouche chapters, subsidiary discs below for carillon/silence and Cambridge/Westminster selection, pendulum regulation above XII, the eight day triple barrel movement with quarter chimes on four gongs (Westminster) or eight bells (Cambridge), with hour strike on further gong, trip repeat; pendulum
57.5 cm. high
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