Property of a Distinguished Private Collection
A GILT-MOUNTED MAHOGANY YEAR-GOING MANTEL REGULATOR WITH TORSION PENDULUM, FRENCH, CIRCA 1875
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September 9, 02:26 PM GMT
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4,000 - 6,000 GBP
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Property of a Distinguished Private Collection
A GILT-MOUNTED MAHOGANY YEAR-GOING MANTEL REGULATOR WITH TORSION PENDULUM, FRENCH, CIRCA 1875
6¼-inch enamel dial signed L Leroy & Cie, Paris, 13 Galerie Monpensier 15, Palais Royal, finely pierced and engraved lyre hands, the movement with five wheel train and dead beat escapement, numbered on the backplate No.15924, with split bi-metallic torsion pendulum, the four-glass case with moulded cresting and base, bevel-glazed panels, beaded mounts and brass block feet
56cm. 22in. high
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Christie's London, Important Clocks, Watches and Marine Chronometers, 2 July 1997, lot 33 (£10,019);
where acquired by the current owner.