France, hour repeating carriage clock in the form of a sedan chair, the gilt and silvered brass case with rococo style ornament, scrolls, and shells, case sides portraits of a young woman with red guilloche and polychrome enamel frames, and also a small
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24 October 2024
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case good, silver darkened, paintings very good, guilloche frame on right with some damage and minor loss, frame on left with small repair, dial frame with damage at corners, minor loss at lower left, dial good, movement tries to run, needs service, striking and repeating functional. This is the nicest example of this form that we have handled.
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R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts
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France, hour repeating carriage clock in the form of a sedan chair, the gilt and silvered brass case with rococo style ornament, scrolls, and shells, case sides portraits of a young woman with red guilloche and polychrome enamel frames, and also a small oval portrait of a putto in a garden below the dial, the top with scrolled brackets supporting a fleur de lis finial, Roman numeral gilt metal dial, also with red guilloche and polychrome enamel frame, blued steel hands, 8 day, time and strike movement with lever platform, counting the hours on a gong, and repeating the hour on demand case good, silver darkened, paintings very good, guilloche frame on right with some damage and minor loss, frame on left with small repair, dial frame with damage at corners, minor loss at lower left, dial good, movement tries to run, needs service, striking and repeating functional. This is the nicest example of this form that we have handled.
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