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Lot Closed
May 20, 12:01 PM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 12,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A SMALL GILT-BRASS RENAISSANCE DRUM TIMEPIECE, GERMAN, CIRCA 1550
• Movement: incomplete iron movement with fusee and hogs bristle regulation, pallets and foliot lacking
• Dial: with inner twenty-four hour ring and with touch pieces
• Case: drum case engraved with medallion portraits linked by flowers and leaves, indistinct makers mark
diameter 50mm
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