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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Nov 16, 1997

LOT 29

Unsigned, French, circa 1900. "Sur un Balcon Fleuri..." Fine gilt bronze eight clay going, hour and half hour striking, hour repeating carriage clock with porcelain panels.

C. Gilt bronze, "pillars " , with free standing columns, glazed top and back door, the side panels with Romantic balcony scenes, a young lord daydreaming while gazing at his sword, on the left, a maiden reading a letter on the right. D. Porcelain with Roman numerals, decorated en suite with a painted balcony. Blued steel "pear" hands. M. Gilt brass rectangular with going barrels both for the going and the striking trains, silvered platform with lateral lever escapement, uncut bimetallic balance, flat balance spring. Striking and repeating on a gong with button at the top. Dint 16 x 11 x 9,5 cm. excluding, the handle.