MID-19TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH BRONZE TIMEPIECE ATLAS AND GLOBE CLOCK
MID-19TH CENTURY
CASE: the twice twelve equatorial ring supported by a kneeling Atlas figure on square plinth bearing the inscription 'A.L. Barye 1824' GLOBE: brass globe numbered 4 on the interior and covered by 24 paper gores indistinctly signed 'GLOBE/Clasique/NOUVELLE EDITION....../REVU EN 1845/À PARIS' and with blued steel time indicator MOVEMENT: with rear wound single going barrel and anchor escapement; pendulum, winding key, regulation key
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 12¾ in. (32.5 cm.) wide; 12½ in. (32 cm.) deep
MID-19TH CENTURY
CASE: the twice twelve equatorial ring supported by a kneeling Atlas figure on square plinth bearing the inscription 'A.L. Barye 1824' GLOBE: brass globe numbered 4 on the interior and covered by 24 paper gores indistinctly signed 'GLOBE/Clasique/NOUVELLE EDITION....../REVU EN 1845/À PARIS' and with blued steel time indicator MOVEMENT: with rear wound single going barrel and anchor escapement; pendulum, winding key, regulation key
29 in. (73.5 cm.) high; 12¾ in. (32.5 cm.) wide; 12½ in. (32 cm.) deep
Provenance
Anonymous sale, Sotheby's London, 14 December 1995, lot 254.
Special notice
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 17.5% on the buyer's premium.
Brought to you by
Alastair Chandler
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