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Geneva, Hotel Noga Hilton, Oct 16, 2005

LOT 201

De Beu a Paris. Made circa 1745. Fine and rare, Louis XV gilt bronze night clock with cord-pull wound alarm.

C. Finely cast and chased rococo scroll and rocaille stand with three legs and ?U? shaped support, foliate scroll cresting above the dial with aperture for the hour pointer in the form of a pierced fleur-de-lys. D. Rotating silvered chapter ring pierced with radial Roman numerals and outer star markers, the numerals illuminated as they pass the ?12? position, inner silvered alarm disc with Arabic numerals and inner half-hour ring, pointer on the arm of the chapter ring. M. 100 x 93 mm, brass with four turned baluster pillars, going barrel, tic-tac anchor escapement with silk suspension and brass-bob pendulum, underslung alarm bell, hinged brass doors and shaped top-plate on which to place the light source. Movement signed. Dim. 30.5 x 20 x 17.5 cm.