C.1851, French, Mini Alarm Skeleton Clock, less dome, but otherwise in good as-found condition.
Anonymous (not verified)
23 October 2024
This is the most common model we see that was sold at the Great Exhibition of 1851. Details on this clock can be found in Royer-Collard's book titled Skeleton Clocks , pages 69-70, and also in La Pendule Francaise, Part II , in the Napoleon III section. The porcelain dial has a hairline across the numeral 10, but no chips, and is signed Pierret, Paris. The plates have turned brown due to absence of dome, but clock ticks OK; alarm is sound but pull-cord has broken. Original silk thread susp and pendulum. We have sold these for as much as $1800 when complete with dome, and they appear on the Internet with reserves over $2000. Height 8 1/2"
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Pierret,_Victor_Athenese
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550.00
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R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts
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C.1851, French, Mini Alarm Skeleton Clock, less dome, but otherwise in good as-found condition. This is the most common model we see that was sold at the Great Exhibition of 1851. Details on this clock can be found in Royer-Collard's book titled Skeleton Clocks , pages 69-70, and also in La Pendule Francaise, Part II , in the Napoleon III section. The porcelain dial has a hairline across the numeral 10, but no chips, and is signed Pierret, Paris. The plates have turned brown due to absence of dome, but clock ticks OK; alarm is sound but pull-cord has broken. Original silk thread susp and pendulum. We have sold these for as much as $1800 when complete with dome, and they appear on the Internet with reserves over $2000. Height 8 1/2"
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