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    Sale 6529

    IMPORTANT CLOCKS, MARINE CHRONOMETERS & BAROMETERS

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    12 December 2001

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    • A French brass and porcelain-m
    Lot 1

    A French brass and porcelain-mounted mignonnette carriage timepiece

    NO.527. CIRCA 1885

    Price realised

    GBP 4,230

    Estimate

    GBP 2,500 - GBP 4,000

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    A French brass and porcelain-mounted mignonnette carriage timepiece
    No.527. Circa 1885
    The pagoda case with bamboo columns, with cream porcelain side panels decorated with painted reserves within raised gilt borders, the principal vignettes depicting landscapes, one multicoloured and the other in shades of crimson, with conforming decoration to the dial with gilt Roman chapter ring, blued steel spade hands, the single barrel movement with silvered platform to the cylinder escapement, numbered 527 on the backplate
    3½in. (9cm.) high to hilt of handle

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