Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Large French Crystal Regulator, c. 1900, architectural case, 5 1/2-in. porcelain dial with blue Arabic numerals, gilt pierced hands and bezel, eight-day time and strike movement marked Samuel Marti, and a two-jar mercury pendulum (one jar broken),ht. 16 in.
Estimate $400-600
Clock ticks and strikes. One small hairline on dial between 4 and 5. No chips to glasses. Case has been polished in the past.
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