France, a highly ornamental and well executed hour repeating carriage clock, the gilt, Anglaise Riche variant case with stepped base below a fluted band and egg and dart molded surface canted corners ornamented with acanthus scroll bases and E scroll tops
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24 October 2024
case top with minor spotting, gilding very good, glasses good, ornament at upper right of mask with bend, dial with minor touch ups, hands with spots of oxide, movement running, striking, and repeating correctly
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R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts
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France, a highly ornamental and well executed hour repeating carriage clock, the gilt, Anglaise Riche variant case with stepped base below a fluted band and egg and dart molded surface canted corners ornamented with acanthus scroll bases and E scroll tops, supporting an entablature echoing the base, with fluted band, stepped cornice, and egg and dart cap, the top with folding handle decorated with acanthus and central scallop shell, all decorative ornament with fine chasing, Arabic numeral silvered dial with blued steel distaff hands, and gilt mat with applied, gilt floral ornaments, also finely chased, 8 day, two train movement with lever platform and cut bimetallic balance, striking the hour and half hour in passing, and repeating the last hour on demand case top with minor spotting, gilding very good, glasses good, ornament at upper right of mask with bend, dial with minor touch ups, hands with spots of oxide, movement running, striking, and repeating correctly
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