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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Apr 12, 1997
LOT 307
Unsigned, France, circa 1890. Very attractive and rare gilt bronze, hour and half hour striking carriage clock.
CHF 10,000 - 12,000
C. Silvered and gilt, cast-brass, decorated all over in high baroque relief and with applied figures of putti, mermaids, mermen, dolphins and fish, glazed four sides and top, ornate handle. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued steel Breguet hands. M. Brass, rectangular with going barrels both on the going and the striking train, platform with cylinder escapement, plain brass three-arm balance, bluedsteel flat balance spring with regulator, striking on a bell. In very good condition. Dim. 29 x 18 x 16 cm., including the handle.
