Lot 46*
A rare late 18th/early 19th century French ormolu alarm clock Thiery, A Paris
14 – 15 July 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,737.50 inc. premium
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A rare late 18th/early 19th century French ormolu alarm clock
Thiery, A Paris
The rectangular case surmounted by four tapering finials and a folding handle over a large bevelled glass panel and glazed sides to button feet, the arched dial plate with applied ormolu medallion, swags and palm fronds, the upper part with twin chamfered aperture revealing the day and date on horizontal rotating dials over the signed white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic quarters, good pierced and engraved matching hands and a blued steel tapering alarm setting hand. The movement united by four turned pillars, twin barrels driving an anchor escapement with crescent-shaped pendulum bob, and rack striking on a bell. 23cms (9ins) high.
The rectangular case surmounted by four tapering finials and a folding handle over a large bevelled glass panel and glazed sides to button feet, the arched dial plate with applied ormolu medallion, swags and palm fronds, the upper part with twin chamfered aperture revealing the day and date on horizontal rotating dials over the signed white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic quarters, good pierced and engraved matching hands and a blued steel tapering alarm setting hand. The movement united by four turned pillars, twin barrels driving an anchor escapement with crescent-shaped pendulum bob, and rack striking on a bell. 23cms (9ins) high.
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