$45,000
Texier Petite Sonnerie Skeleton Calendar Clock with Remontoire, Paris, c. 1830, 8-in. porcelain chapter ring with blue Roman numerals, blued steel Breguet-style hands and sweep center seconds, lower porcelain panel with subsidiary dials for month, day, date and marked A.dre Texier de la Pommeraye , Paris , going barrels power the three-train movement, the hours and quarters sounded on glass bells with the hour on a larger and quarters on the two smaller, dead beat escapement with weight-powered Robert Robin-type remontoire, grid iron pendulum, all supported by eight turned pillars on a black slate base with associated brass framed glass cover, ht. of clock only 23 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-11-02