AN UNUSUAL FRENCH GILT BRASS SHIELD-SHAPED STRIKING AND REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK
By Margaine, No 11820, circa 1890
| Estimate: |
£1,000 - £2,000
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Hammer price:
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£1,700 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
The shield-shaped case with a swept handle, supported on four addorsed dolphins, with circular white enamel dial and alarm subsidiary within a chased gilt mask, the twin train movement with Margaine's cachet mark and numbered 11820 to the bottom left corner of the backplate, with silvered platform lever escapement striking and repeating on a blued steel gong
15cm high (handle down)
PROVENANCE:
Cyril Fish, thence by descent.
Condition report
The case has been regilt. The movement strikes and ticks.
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