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    Sale 7904

    CLOCKS AND BAROMETERS

    London, South Kensington

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    26 February 1998

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    Lot 24

    a french engraved gilt-brass striking and repeating carriage clock

    LUSSAUD A PARIS, NO.897. CIRCA 1840

    Price realised

    GBP 1,265

    Estimate

    GBP 500 - GBP 800

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    a french engraved gilt-brass striking and repeating carriage clock
    lussaud a paris, no.897. circa 1840
    The multi-piece case engraved overall with foliate scrolls, with flowers and cornucopia against a hatched ground to the dial mask, plain solid rear door with shuttered winding holes, white enamel chapter disc with fine steel hands, early platform lever escapement, signed on top of backplate LUSSAUD A PARIS and stamped to underside 897, strike/repeat on bell to backplate
    4½in. (11.5cm.) high

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