AUCTION : 1019

Lot#: 575

DESCRIPTION: Alfred Baveux for Charles Oudin, 52 Palais Royal, Paris, an exceptional Anglaise style, Limoges panelled, grand sonnerie carriage clock striking on four gongs, the gilt case of typical Anglaise Riche form, the sides with Limoges grisaille enamel panels with transparent plum ground, the right side with a man standing in a landscape with a castle in the background, the left side with a woman standing in a landscape, both figures in Elizabethan dress, each rendered in stunning detail and with gold highlights, matte silvered mask with roman numeral white enamel dial having blue numerals on a pale blue ground, with gold outer five minute markers, above a matching, subsidiary arabic alarm chapter, blued steel hands 8 day, three train movement with 13 jewel counterpoised lever platform and cut, bimetallic balance, sounding the hours and quarters in passing on four gongs, and repeating the last hour and quarter on demand, base with three position lever for selecting strike mode, with Alfred Baveux's mark on the inside of the back plate, Baveux serial #3882, Oudin serial #2769
CONDITION: gilding restored, case with scattered spotting, top glass with chips at right edge, rear glass with chip at lower right, enamel panels very good, with minor wear to gold, dial mask with minor discoloration, time dial with minor losses to signature, alarm dial with with hairlines and minor chips, hour hand repaired, movement dirty, but running well, movement with some tarnish and staining, striking and repeating correctly, gongs with specks of oxide
ESTIMATE: $5000 - $7000
PRICE SOLD: $4500
CIRCA: 1870
DIMENSIONS: 7.75in x 4in x 3.625in

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