C.1851, French, Pierret, Paris, 8-day skeleton timepiece with alarm with silk thread suspension made for the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London in 1851, under larger glass dome.
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23 October 2024
Condition: Brass frame movement in nice condition, but will need a cleaning. Original signed porcelain dial is perfect and the hands are original. A pull wind alarm movement with bell is mounted under the wood base. Dial, movement base and movement backplate are signed. Pendulum is a replacement. The larger mahogany base was made to fit the French dome. Ht. Of clock on black base 9", ht of dome+larger base 13.5"
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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, Pierret, Paris, 8-day skeleton timepiece with alarm with silk thread suspension made for the Great Exhibition in Hyde Park, London in 1851, under larger glass dome. Condition: Brass frame movement in nice condition, but will need a cleaning. Original signed porcelain dial is perfect and the hands are original. A pull wind alarm movement with bell is mounted under the wood base. Dial, movement base and movement backplate are signed. Pendulum is a replacement. The larger mahogany base was made to fit the French dome. Ht. Of clock on black base 9", ht of dome+larger base 13.5"
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