AUCTION : 0519

Lot#: 222

DESCRIPTION: France, a year going table or mantel clock with equipoise pendulum, molded black slate base and top containing a gilt brass frame set with four beveled glass panels, roman numeral white enamel dial with sunk center, seconds bit and wind indicator concentric with the blued steel hour and minute hands, round brass movement mounted to a decorative gilt, gadrooned and molded support, deadbeat escapement and gilt pendulum with roof truss form beam supporting a heavy gilt sphere at either end, the whole rocking above the movement
CONDITION: slate with minor chips and flakes, slate and gilt frame with dirt and polish residue, frame with losses to gilding and tarnish, rear glass with tiny chip at upper right, dial with multiple hairlines, hands with oxide, movement polished, escapement functional, will tick briefly, barrel hook shows evidence of mainspring break, pendulum rating screw knob replaced with a watch crown, pendulum with losses to gilding
ESTIMATE: $900 - $1200
PRICE SOLD: $2600
CIRCA: 1890
DIMENSIONS: 13.75in x 9.5in x 6.75in

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