DESCRIPTION:
Margaine, Paris, for J.E. Caldwell, Philadelphia, a large and decorative striking carriage clock, the gilt Gorge variant case set with beveled glasses, engine turned silvered dial mask surrounding the time and alarm displays, each with gilt decorated black ground, and with convex, white, egg shaped reserves for the red Roman and Arabic numerals, gold spade and poker hands, 8 day time, strike and alarm movement with lever platform, repeating the last hour on demand, the back plate with Margaine's mark, serial #5295
CONDITION:
gilding restored, rear glass with chip, upper right, dial with minor hairlines at top, mask good, movement with staining, running striking and repeating correctly, alarm functional
ESTIMATE:
$1500
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$2000
PRICE SOLD:
$1100
CIRCA: 1890
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