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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 22, 1995
LOT 402
François Lebaigue à Paris, circa 1690. Fine gilt brass Louis XIV "oignon" with pendulum and central winding.
CHF 5,500 - 6,500
USD 4,600 - 5,200
Sold: CHF 5,290
C. Double body "oignon", engraved with inhabited foliage, the back centred with a scene from the celebrated fable The fox and the stork by La Fontaine. D. Gilt brass with Roman numerals on enamel cartouches blued steel turned single hand. 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 engraved with inhabited foliage, the mock pendulum aperture pierced and engraved with foliage decoration. Signed on the back plate. In very good condition. Diam. 60 mm.
