DESCRIPTION:
France, portico clock, 8 day, time and strike, round spring driven movement in a figured hardwood veneer case with satinwood inlay on the front, cast leaf moldings on the base, columns, pendulum, and bezel, roman numeral silvered dial with guilloché center, blued steel Breguet style hands
CONDITION:
case with good original finish, minor scratches and dings, veneer lifting slightly on backs of columns, gilding good, suspension was likely converted to steel spring, the name on the dial reading "Barbier à Paris" was added later, dial with fine specks of dark tarnish, unsigned movement ticks and strikes.
ESTIMATE:
$400
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$600
PRICE SOLD:
$650
CIRCA: 1870
DIMENSIONS: 25in x 11.5in x 6.5in
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