DESCRIPTION:
France, gilt brass mantel clock, on turned feet, deep cavetto base with modified egg and dart design, the four corners with ornately turned columns, the top with 5 finials and squat dome with bead molding, gilt bezel with beveled glass, Arabic numeral white enamel dial, blued steel hands, 8 day time and strike pendule a Paris movement signed S. Marti, striking on a gong, all on a gilt, molded wooden base on compressed ball feet, c1900
CONDITION:
Gilding on case dirty with some losses and spotting, could be improved with gentle cleaning, glass good, dial with hairlines at 4:00, flakes and chips at winding holes, hands with minor oxidation, movement ticks and strikes, original pendulum, wooden base good with losses to gilding, dirt and wear to velvet on top surface, Ht 13 1/4"
ESTIMATE:
$300
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$500
PRICE SOLD:
$300
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