DESCRIPTION:
France , skeleton clock, the small 8 days, time and strike, movement also with displays for the alarm and date, brass movement of unconventional design with the time and strike functions driven by a single barrel, Brocot escapement, silk thread suspension, and pinned count wheel Roman numeral, white enamel dial showing the time, and two smaller, Arabic numeral white enamel dials for the alarm and date, all resting on an oval mahogany base with turned feet, and under a glass dome, 19th century
CONDITION:
Dials with minor chips and hairlines, minute hand replaced, movement good overall, running and striking, alarm and date functional, base with minor scratches, dome 20th century, Ht 10"
ESTIMATE:
$2800
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$3500
PRICE SOLD:
$1400
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