A RARE EARLY FRENCH BRASS STRIKING CARRIAGE CLOCK WITH CHAFF-CUTTER ESCAPEMENT
Detailed Leroy A Paris, circa 1860
| Estimate: |
£600 - £800
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Hammer price:
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£500 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
The plain case with folding handle above large rectangular deeply bevelled glass panel above four bevelled glass sides, the silvered dial detailed Leroy a Paris, with gilt trefoil hands, the twin train movement with plain three-armed balance above twin-wheel chaff-cutter escapement, the twin train movement detailed Leroy a Paris with countwheel strike on a bell
14cm high (handle up)
PROVENANCE:
Cyril Fish, thence by descent
CONDITION REPORT
The clock is ticking and strikes the hour and half.