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ENGLISH. CIRCA 1860
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A fine Victorian gilt-brass small skeleton timepiece with balance wheel escapement
English. Circa 1860
The skeletonised gilt plates with three ring-turned double-screwed pillars, white enamel Roman and Arabic chapter ring with blued steel fleur-de-lys hands, the wheel train with five crossings, spring barrel with skeletonised cover, underslung lever escapement on a bowed potance with long polished steel arbor to the oscillating balance wheel below with eight crossings and blued steel helical spring, the movement suspended on four faceted columns with ball finials, on a stepped gilt base on a further oval mahogany plinth with leather-lined bun feet, glass dome
10in. (25.5cm.) high
English. Circa 1860
The skeletonised gilt plates with three ring-turned double-screwed pillars, white enamel Roman and Arabic chapter ring with blued steel fleur-de-lys hands, the wheel train with five crossings, spring barrel with skeletonised cover, underslung lever escapement on a bowed potance with long polished steel arbor to the oscillating balance wheel below with eight crossings and blued steel helical spring, the movement suspended on four faceted columns with ball finials, on a stepped gilt base on a further oval mahogany plinth with leather-lined bun feet, glass dome
10in. (25.5cm.) high
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