DESCRIPTION:
France, for Tiffany & Co., New York, a large four glass mantel regulator with black slate plinth, the molded base with rounded corners and fluting at the transitions, the flutes continuing into the frames for the bevelled side glasses, the front and back with glazed, arched doors, below a break arch, molded top, signed roman numeral white enamel dial with exposed Brocot escapement with carnelian pallets, and also with jeweled escape wheel pivot, blued steel Breguet style hands, and signed, large, two train pendule de Paris movement with two jar mercury pendulum, sounding the hours and half hour on a bell, all resting on a conforming, polished black slate plinth
CONDITION:
plinth with scratches, abrasions and small chips, polished and lacquered, now with dirt and slight tarnish, rear glass with chip at upper right, dial with a tiny chip near 10:00, and the center with two hairlines to the right of the right winding arbor, hands with minor oxide, movement very oily and with some amateurish bushing work, suspennsion spring needs repair, pendulum with minor losses to gilding, ticks and strikes, would benefit from service
ESTIMATE:
$800
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$1200
PRICE SOLD:
$600
CIRCA: 1880
DIMENSIONS: 18.5in x 10.5in x 8in
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