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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 21, 1995
LOT 115
Vulliamy, London, No. 1347, mid-19th Century. Elegant, wooden-cased, eight day going, timepiece mantel clock, with Vulliamy's "halfdead" pendulum escapement.
CHF 20,000 - 22,000
C. Rosewood, ebonised mouldings, canted corners to doors, glazed three Bides, side windows with gilt brass frames, front door with silvered, bevelled ( rame. D. Silvered brass, plain centre, decorated above and below with flowing foliate engraving, Roman chapters, blued steel "moon" hands, square for "rise-and-fall" regulation above chapter 12. M. Brass rectangular, fusee and chair, half-dead escapement, steel pendulum, heavy brass bob, hold-fast. "Bise-and-fall" regulation. Signed on dial and movement. In very good condition. Dim. 21.5 x 13 x 11 cm.
