DESCRIPTION:
France, lyre clock, white marble case with molded base decorated with gilt trim and foliate ornament, the lyre with acanthus, floral garlands, beaded trim, and a large festoon of fruits and flowers, the top with wreath, torch, and quiver, white enamel Arabic numeral dial with polychrome enamel decoration, gilt Louis XV style hands, gilt bezel with convex glass, and a ring of brilliants surrounding the dial and attached to the pendulum, and oscillating with it, 8 days, time and strike, Pendule a Paris movement, c1900
CONDITION:
Case without chips or cracks, dirty, gilding with minor losses, dirty, wreath at top bent and with verdigris at bottom, one floral trim button absent and one replaced, one missing, dial with a few minor hairlines, hands good, ticks and strikes, will need service and adjustments, Ht 24 1/2"
ESTIMATE:
$1800
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$2400
PRICE SOLD:
$2600
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