Tuesday 11 December 2012 | 10:00 | Lots: 628

Tuesday 11 December 2012 | 10:00 | Lots: 628

Lot 864

Lot 864

A late 19th century French inlaid portico clock

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Lot 864

Lot Description

A late 19th century French inlaid portico clock. Raingo Freres, Paris, having a 3.5" silvered Roman dial, the two-train movement, stamped RAINGO FRERES Paris, outside countwheel-striking on a bell, the case with humped inlaid surmount and frieze over four barley-sugar twist columns with cast capitals flanking cast dial surround on inlaid platform, matching base and block feet, 17.5", (44.5cm) high, on similar base with turned feet, sold with Ellicot-type bimetallic pendulum, plus winder

Postage: Auction Default

Weight: No

Total lot weight: No

Staining to dial silvering. Movement appears sound but not tested. Pendulum probably associated - normally cast with a sunburst.

Case - surmount cracked and warped. Some scratches to platform. Base probably associated, some old worm, veneer losses, no glass dome.


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