AN EBONIZED AND BRASS TIMEPIECE 'RELIGIEUSE'
20TH CENTURY; INCORPORATING AN EARLIER MOVEMENT
The ebonized case with a door to front and back, red velvet covered wood dial plate applied with an engraved and pierced brass chapterring bearing signature Dumier ABurssin, pierced and engraved hands, single barrel movement with ringed baluster pillars, verge escapement, (later) cycloidal cheeks; pendulum, winding key
41 cm. high (handle down)
AN EBONIZED AND BRASS TIMEPIECE 'RELIGIEUSE'
20TH CENTURY; INCORPORATING AN EARLIER MOVEMENT
The ebonized case with a door to front and back, red velvet covered wood dial plate applied with an engraved and pierced brass chapterring bearing signature Dumier ABurssin, pierced and engraved hands, single barrel movement with ringed baluster pillars, verge escapement, (later) cycloidal cheeks; pendulum, winding key
41 cm. high (handle down)