Lot 396
  • 396

Horloge de marine en acajou, laiton et ivoire, travail anglais, Liverpool, du XIXe siècle, vers 1830, par Litherland, Davies & Co.

Estimate
3,000 - 5,000 EUR
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Description

  • ivory and mahogany
  • Haut. 18 cm, larg. 18 cm, prof. 16,5 cm
  • Height 7 in; width 7 in; depth 6 1/2 in
numérotée 217/12413

Condition

3½-inch enamel dial with subsidiary up/down and seconds dials, signed Litherland, Davies & Co, Liverpool, No.217/12413, gold hands, fusee and chain movement with Earnshaw's spring detent escapement and bi-metallic balance, blued helical spring, maintaining power, the brass bowl gimballed in a three-tier case with ivory plaques. With tipsy key winder. Dial has a hair crack at XII. Movement will run but needs a clean. Case has crack to lid and other old scuffs and marks throughout. No case key.
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