French mantel clock, gilt bronze lyre form case with pendulum oscillating behind the "strings", ornamented with gilt mounts of waterleaf, anthemion, and horn of plenty with an overflowing fruit basket at top, scallop shell bezel, pendulum also decorated
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24 October 2024
Case surface with minor dirt, gilding possibly renewed on bezel, otherwise good and with minor wear, pendulum casting with rough surface, not well finished, and with loss to gilding, pendulum with replaced back, dial numerals repainted, hands with oxidation, minor rust, movement ticks and strikes, will need adjustment, bell mounting stand and nut replaced, back cock replaced, crutch repaired/ extended, movement mounting ring replaced, and stamped "Swiss", Ht 21"
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Breguet
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1500.00
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R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts
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French mantel clock, gilt bronze lyre form case with pendulum oscillating behind the "strings", ornamented with gilt mounts of waterleaf, anthemion, and horn of plenty with an overflowing fruit basket at top, scallop shell bezel, pendulum also decorated with scallop shells and sea horses, 8 days, time and strike, Pendule a Paris movement, Roman numeral, engine turned, silvered dial, blued steel Breguet style hands, c1830 Case surface with minor dirt, gilding possibly renewed on bezel, otherwise good and with minor wear, pendulum casting with rough surface, not well finished, and with loss to gilding, pendulum with replaced back, dial numerals repainted, hands with oxidation, minor rust, movement ticks and strikes, will need adjustment, bell mounting stand and nut replaced, back cock replaced, crutch repaired/ extended, movement mounting ring replaced, and stamped "Swiss", Ht 21"
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