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Hotel Noga Hilton, Geneva, Apr 24, 2004

LOT 318

French, circa 1870. Fine ebonized and Boulle-inlaid with tortoiseshell, silver, and brass, hour and half-hour striking, "Religieuse" table clock.

C. Rectangular, inlaid with silver and tortoiseshell, Corinthian columns, molded top, gilt brass torch finial, fluted gilt brass feet, hinged front and back door.D. Gilt brass ring with cham-plevé Roman numerals, inner quarter-hour divisions and outer sixty-minute radial Arabic figures, black velvet background, lower part with applied gilt brass appliqué depicting the chariot of Helios. Elaborate gilt hands.M. Square, 110 x 110 mm, going barrels for both going and striking trains, Brocot escapement, steel pendulum with brass bob, spring suspension, brass count wheel on the back plate, striking on a bell mounted on the top of the case.Dim. 53 cm high, 35 cm wide.