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    Sale 2560

    FURNITURE, CLOCKS, CERAMICS, SCULPTURE AND WORKS OF ART

    Amsterdam

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    25 September 2002

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    Lot 213

    A Swiss ormolu-mounted and green painted bracket clock

    LAST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY

    Price realised

    EUR 287

    Estimate

    EUR 450 - EUR 750

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    A Swiss ormolu-mounted and green painted bracket clock
    Last quarter 18th Century
    The circular white-enamelled dial with Roman and Arabic numerals and pierced foliate hands, the movement with verge escapement, silk-suspended pendulum and rack strike on two bells, with pull repeat, in a case of typical form mounted with berried laurel swags and foliate scrolls, the glazed door centred by the personification of Janus and flanked by arabesques, on scroll feet, re-decorated, the dial with cracquele and chips, lacking bell-shaped top, with a later green painted bracket
    52cm. high x 40cm. wide x 13cm. deep

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