DESCRIPTION:
France, a good petite sonnerie striking carriage clock with alarm and pillars variant case, the cavetto molded base on four low square feet below a bold egg and dart molding, the corners with foliate ornamented round columns supporting a molded cornice with narrow fluted band, egg and dart molding, and surmounted by a foliate ornamented handle terminating in paw feet, arabic numeral white enamel dial with subsidiary alarm chapter, blued steel distaff hands, 8 day three train movement with lever platform, striking ting tang quarters in passing, and with full grand sonnerie repeating on demand, the base with lever for selecting chime mode
CONDITION:
a bit dirty, gilding with very minor wear, front glass with flake at left edge, and small chip at lower right, right side glass with small chips at upper left and lower edge, top glass with small chip at right edge, dial with faint hairline at 8:00, movement with minor staining, running, strikes the petit quarters correctly, sounds the previous hour and three quarters at the hour, repeats the correct hour a few minutes after the hour, alarm functional, alarm hammer replaced, would benefit from service, serial #135
ESTIMATE:
$1300
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$1600
PRICE SOLD:
$900
CIRCA: 1880
DIMENSIONS: 6.75in x 4in x 3.5in
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