DESCRIPTION:
France, a good third quarter 19th century marble and gilt bronze lyre clock with skeletonized dial and brilliant ring pendulum, the dial signed "Breant a Paris", the molded oval base with attenuated toupee feet, recessed panel with gilt, foliate ornament, and festoon with tassels, supporting the cast lyre frame with acanthus leaf and beaded trim, hanging fruit and floral garland, and surmounted by a female mask superimposed on a sunburst ornament, roman numeral white enamel dial with concentric date ring and open center, finely pierced and engraved gilt lyre form hands with blued steel date indicator and skeletonized date wheel, the dial surrounded by the ring form pendulum mounted with brilliants, 8 day, time and strike pendule de Paris movement with Brocot escapement, striking the hour and half hour
CONDITION:
case dirty, with polish residue and verdigris, cast ornaments retain much of their original gilding, dial with hairlines at 12: 30 and 5: 30, hands good, movement ticks and strikes, bell replaced, pendulum ring with minor bends
ESTIMATE:
$2500
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$3500
PRICE SOLD:
$2400
CIRCA: 1865
DIMENSIONS: 21.5in x 9in x 5in
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