Sold for:
6,900 CHF
6,900 CHF
Anonymous, French, circa 1890. Very fine "mignonette" carriage clock with porcelain panels. Glazed gilt bronze "corniche", entirely engraved with scrolls and flowers, side panels in porcelain painted with maidens within pink and gilt frames. Porcelain, with Roman numerals, pink and gilt outer frame, the centre decorated with a butterfly, Venus and Cupid reclining below the dial. Brass eight-day going with going barrel, platform escapement with lateral lever escapement, bimetallic balance, blued-steel Breguet balance spring. In very good condition. Dim. 7 x 5 x 4 cm. excluding the handle.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
1993-11-14
