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Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006
LOT 121
"Passage des Levées" C. Renaud. Dated 18(8)5. Fine and rare, steel and brass machine for polishing the cylinder entry and exit pallets.
CHF 4,000 - 6,000
EUR 2,500 - 3,800 / USD 3,300 - 5,000
Sold: CHF 4,956
Brass pedestal, steel flat bed with wooden pulley below
driving the action of the hand-held polishing tool,
depthing type supports for the burnishing lime saphir
and to hold the work, crank lever to turn the work, brass
adjustment nuts. Signed C.R. and indistinctly dated
Dim. 13 x 14 x 12 cm.
Good condition
Notes
Provenance: The Belmont Collection.
Literature: "L'Echappement a Cylindre (1720-1950)",
Henry L. Belmont, Editions Technicmedia, p. 170.