By Vauchar, Paris, circa 1815
Estimate: | £300 - £500 |
Hammer price: | £2,600 |
Modelled with two students reading, seated each on a stool, a rectangular ‘bookcase’ behind containing the clock, with 3 3/4in white enamel dial signed Vauchar Elve de Breguet, A PARIS, with blued steel Breguet moon hands, the drum-shaped twin train movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on a bell, on an oval base, hung with foliate festoons, above a stepped base on turned feet
44cm high
CONDITION REPORT
With its pendulum. The case is in good condition, though it would benefit from a clean as it has engrained dust on the surfaces and some discolouration to the surface. The movement appears clean and should function subject to a service.