A Louis XV small boulle tortoiseshell and ormolu-mounted bracket timepiece with pull quarter repeat , SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY | Christie's

Sale 2796

The P.C. Spaans Collection of Important European Clocks

Amsterdam

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19 December 2007

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Lot 460

A Louis XV small boulle tortoiseshell and ormolu-mounted bracket timepiece with pull quarter repeat

SECOND QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

Price realised

EUR 2,640

Estimate

EUR 1,500 - EUR 2,000

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A Louis XV small boulle tortoiseshell and ormolu-mounted bracket timepiece with pull quarter repeat
Second quarter 18th Century
The waisted case with replaced cherub finial and double sphinx bust door mount, the ormolu dial with individual white enamel Roman cartouche chapters and white enamel centre, cut steel hands, the one/two week duration single barrel movement with four vase-shaped back-pinned pillars, three spoke wheelwork and verge escapement with silk suspension, pull quarter repeat on three replaced bells above; pendulum
64 cm. high
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