Militaria, Clocks, & Science
Description:
Five Miniature Enameled, Brass, and Silver Clocks, primarily France and Switzerland, c. 1900, a royal blue desk clock with guilloche engine-turning, arabic numerals, and Breguet-style hands, on four ball feet, in a silk-lined leather two-door carrying case, ht. 2 1/8, clock only; a gilt-brass and pink enameled miniature carriage clock with roman numerals, brass hands and dial, ht. 1 3/4; a hammered silver desk clock with roman numeral dial, spade hands, carrying handle and one-day time-only movement with platform escapement, ht. 2 3/4 with handle down; a faux tortoiseshell and silver miniature Neuchatel clock with arabic numeral dial, spade hands, silver trim and decoration, one-day nickel-plate lever-escapement movement, ht. 2 1/4; and a French pressed brass "cow tail" pendulum flanked by two soldiers and backed by a castle and small clock dial in the turret, on an ebonized stand and under a glass dome, ht. including dome 4 3/4 in.
Estimate $700-900
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Keywords
FranceChristopher D. Fox
Vice President
Director, Historic Arms & Militaria
Associate Deputy Director, American Furniture & Decorative Arts
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