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Friday, December 25th, 2009
AN EARLY ELECTRIC CLOCK - BRASS LANTERN CLOCK - CHAIN FUSEE MANTEL CLOCK - SMALL REPEATING EBONISED BRACKET CLOCK
AN IRISH MAHOGANY ‘REGULATOR’, the
circular 13in dial signed Jameson, Dublin, the movement with anchor escapement and hour striking, in an arched case with an arched bevelled glazed waist door, 77in; 195.5cm,
with pendulum, winder and two weights, 1820/1840.
AN [...]
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Friday, December 25th, 2009
GILT-BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK - BURR-WALNUT ‘LOUIS XV’ MANTEL CLOCK - GERMAN OAK BRACKET CLOCK - CHIMING BRACKET CLOCK
A GILT-BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK, the dial
with roman numerals in a drum case flanked by a figure of a woman playing with two doves, 24cm, c. 1880.
A BRASS STRUT TIMEPIECE, the dial with arabic numerals, the case pierced and [...]
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Friday, December 25th, 2009
REGENCE GILT-BRONZE-MOUNTED BOULLE BRACKET TIMEPIECE - OAK LONGCASE CLOCK - GILT-SPELTER MANTEL CLOCK - GILT-SPELTER MANTEL CLOCK
A SMALL REGENCE GILT-BRONZE-MOUNTED BOULLE BRACKET TIMEPIECE, the
chased gilt dial with blue enamel numerals and a plaque below VI signed CDG Mesnil A
Paris, the similarly signed movement with shaped plates and later escapement, in an
arched straight-sided case inlaid with [...]
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