A rare late 18th/early 19th century French ormolu alarm clock Thiery, A Paris
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A rare late 18th/early 19th century French ormolu alarm clock
Thiery, A Paris
The rectangular case surmounted by four tapering finials and a folding handle over a large bevelled glass panel and glazed sides to button feet, the arched dial plate with applied ormolu medallion, swags and palm fronds, the upper part with twin chamfered aperture revealing the day and date on horizontal rotating dials over the signed white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic quarters, good pierced and engraved matching hands and a blued steel tapering alarm setting hand. The movement united by four turned pillars, twin barrels driving an anchor escapement with crescent-shaped pendulum bob, and rack striking on a bell. 23cms (9ins) high.
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Thiery, A Paris
The rectangular case surmounted by four tapering finials and a folding handle over a large bevelled glass panel and glazed sides to button feet, the arched dial plate with applied ormolu medallion, swags and palm fronds, the upper part with twin chamfered aperture revealing the day and date on horizontal rotating dials over the signed white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic quarters, good pierced and engraved matching hands and a blued steel tapering alarm setting hand. The movement united by four turned pillars, twin barrels driving an anchor escapement with crescent-shaped pendulum bob, and rack striking on a bell. 23cms (9ins) high.
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* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.
Condition
The gilt case is very well preserved. The enamel dial has visible repairs around the winding holes, otherwise the dial is good. The gilt hands and the blued steel alarm hand are fine. The movement is complete and running, the strike has been tested but is currently not functional. A sympathetic service is recommended.
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A rare late 18th/early 19th century French ormolu alarm clock Thiery, A Paris
Estimate £5,000 - £8,000
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