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Skinner AuctionsMarlborough MA
April 29, 2016 10:00 AMCalender
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Gilt-brass Figural Mantel Clock

Sell one like this
$338$275
Auction: Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments - 2890MLocation: MarlboroughDate / Time: April 29, 2016 10:00AM

Description:

Gilt-brass Figural Mantel Clock, French, c. 1840, a figure of a child raising a lily in her right hand, sitting atop a rocky outcropping with a 3-in. Roman numeral porcelain dial with gilt hands below, cast-brass foliage decorated front panel with scrolled feet, eight-day time and count wheel strike with silk thread suspension movement, ht. 12 in.
Estimate $500-700

dial with hairlines and chips, lacking pendulum


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