Militaria, Clocks, & Science
Description:
Oval Champleve Brass and Glass Clock, France, c. 1890, oval brass and beveled glass case with champleve bands, paste stones surround the 3 3/4-in. gold-tone arabic numeral dial marked Theodore B. Starr, New York, eight-day time and strike movement regulated by a pendulum with the portrait of a young woman surrounded by champleve and paste stones, ht. 12 in.
Estimate $700-900
Pendulum missing one paste stone.
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Keywords
Theodore B. Starr, FranceChristopher D. Fox
Vice President
Director, Historic Arms & Militaria
Associate Deputy Director, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
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