Lot 32

A late 19th/early 20th century French patinated spelter figural novelty timepiece
The base signed Louis Moreau

Fine Clocks

11 July 2018, 14:00 BST

London, New Bond Street

£2,000 - £3,000

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A late 19th/early 20th century French patinated spelter figural novelty timepiece

The base signed Louis Moreau
Fortune as a female figure striding forward on a cloud, her right foot on a winged wheel, her left arm raised to support the 6 inch spherical dial with applied gothic style Roman numerals and fancy pierced hands surmounted by a ribbon over a gridiron pendulum of two steel and one brass rod terminating in a weighted matching sphere, the spring driven movement set behind the dial and comprising of circular plates united by turned pillars, the deadbeat 'scape wheel with large teeth and short steel pendulum rod with heavy rectangular bob, 90cms (2ft 11ins) high

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