DESCRIPTION:
French alabaster and gilt metal figural 8 days, time only, mantel clock, c1880
CONDITION:
the solid stone case has the usual minor edge chips, and the top lion appears to have been gold-painted. The other castings are nicely gilded. The unusual skeletonized single-train movement looks like ones in Farcot swinging doll clocks, but in this case the pendulum swings side to side, impulsed by a visible escapement and crutch fork below the movement plates. The porcelain dial has a few very faint hairlines, and the minute hand is a repaired mismatch to the hour hand. There never was a front bezel or glass; this clock would originally have been displayed under a glass dome. Ht 14"
ESTIMATE:
$250
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$350
PRICE SOLD:
$170
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