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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995
LOT 662
Closie à Paris, circa 1700. Fine silver Louis XIV "Oignon" with alarm.
CHF 5,500 - 6,500
C. Double body, "oignon", bezel and back, polished and pierced with roundels. D. Silver champlevé with Roman numerals, inner silver revolving alarm setting dise. Blued steel single band and pointer. M. Hinged gilt brass full plate with Egyptian pillars, fusee with chain, verge escapement, plain steel three-arm balance, short flat balance spring, rack and pinion regulator, fine gilt brass Louis XIV cock pierced and engraved with inhabited foliage. Alarm train with gilt brass fixed barrel also engraved with foliage, striking on a belle. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 58 mm.
