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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 12, 1997

LOT 298

Unsigned, France, made for the Chinese Market, circa 1900. Very fine and rare gilt bronze, hour and half hour striking eight day going carriage clock with porcelaine panels.

C. Gilt bronze, "plain pillars", glazed on the top and back door, porcelaine side panels decorated with gilt flowers and various animals over an egg-shell white ground over painted with landscapes, seascapes animals and flowers within gilt frames of different shapes. D. Decorated en suite with Roman numerals on a gilt chapter ring. Blued-steel "spade" hands. M. Brass, rectangular with going barrels both on the going and the striking train, platform with lateral lever escapement, cut bimetallic balance, blued-steel flat balance spring. Striking on a gong. In very good condition. Dim. 14,5 x 10 x 8,5 cm., excluding the handle.