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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 18, 1997

LOT 434

Lefebvre, French, circa 1830. Fine and rare gilt bronze eight day going, hour and half hour striking small mantle clock with special escapement.

C. Gilt bronze "Empire" style, glazed four sides with cast and chased decoration and serpent handle on the top. D. Silvered with Roman numerals and outer minute ring. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Brass circular, "mouvement de Paris ' type, with going barrels both for the going and the striking trains, unusual platform on the base with double wheel duplex escapement, plain brass four-arm balance, flat balance spring. Striking on a bell with count wheel on the back plate. Signed on the dial. Dim. 27 x 15 x 12 cm, including the handle.