AN UNUSUAL ENGRAVED GILTBRASS AND MALACHITE MINIATURE TIMEPIECE WITH A MALACHITE-MOUNTED STAND
The timepiece by Barwise, London, circa 1860
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£3,000 - £5,000
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Hammer price:
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£3,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
The clock with an engraved gilt case, with scrolled foliate cast handle above malachite inset panel, the front with bevelled glass pane above the circular signed dial and blued steel trefoil hands, within an engraved mask, the sides each with a malachite panel within an engraved mask, with solid hinged engraved door, the barrel going movement with English platform lever escapement, plain three-arm polished steel balance; together with an ormolu Louis XV style miniature table, the top inset with a malachite panel and with four malachite cabochons
The clock 11cm high
The table 8cm high
PROVENANCE:
Cyril Fish, thence by descent.
Condition report
The clock ticks. The table has lost one of the anthemion stops on its top. It does not quite sit 'flat' and has a small differential on its front left scroll foot. It has a key.
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