DESCRIPTION:
Le Roi & Fils, Paris, a late 18th century grand sonnerie striking Pendule d'Officier, the round gilt bronze case with stepped, rectangular base on paw feet, the sides with applied Medusa masks below a wheat ear ornamented frieze and foliate finials at the corners, and with incurved top, surmounted by an oval, foliate ornament with folding ouroboros handle, hinged brass bezel with convex beveled glass, Arabic numeral white enamel dial, blued steel hands, 30 hour, grand sonnerie striking and repeating movement with alarm, time train with fusee, strike train with barrel, the alarm wound by pulling a fine chain at the left side of the case, the repeating activated through a chain at the right, strike work mounted to back plate, and with verge escapement, the plain three arm balance visible beneath the pierced balance bridge, mounted to the back plate, the back plate stamped "SRF "
CONDITION:
case lacking gilding and with rouge residue in recessed areas, tarnish and minor staining from handling, dial with filled losses and inpainted scratches, hour and minute hands replaced, movement running, striking and repeating, sometimes repeating incorrectly, alarm functional
ESTIMATE:
$1800
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$2500
PRICE SOLD:
$5500
CIRCA: 1790
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