Lot Essay
For a clock of comparable design see: Tardy, French Clocks, Vol. One, Paris, 1981, p.264.
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18TH CENTURY AND LATER
Details
A SIMULATED CORNE VERTE AND ORMOLU MOUNTED BRACKET TIMEPICE WITH ALARM ON WALL BRACKET
18TH CENTURY AND LATER
The white enamel dial with dished centre with brass alarm-setting disc, blued steel hands, the eight day single barrel movement with verge escapement and silk suspension, pull-wind alarm on bell; on matching wall bracket; pendulum
70 cm. high (overall)
18TH CENTURY AND LATER
The white enamel dial with dished centre with brass alarm-setting disc, blued steel hands, the eight day single barrel movement with verge escapement and silk suspension, pull-wind alarm on bell; on matching wall bracket; pendulum
70 cm. high (overall)
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