Live Auction 5436Kinross House, Scotland And Property Removed From The London Residence of Mrs. Winston Spencer Churchill
A FRENCH SILVER-GILT AND MARCASITE-SET TABLE BELL-PUSH TIMEPIECE
Lot 216

A FRENCH SILVER-GILT AND MARCASITE-SET TABLE BELL-PUSH TIMEPIECE

MARK OF DREIFOUS, PARIS, CIRCA 1900, CASED

Closed30 March 2011

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GBP 2,500

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A FRENCH SILVER-GILT AND MARCASITE-SET TABLE BELL-PUSH TIMEPIECE
MARK OF DREIFOUS, PARIS, CIRCA 1900, CASED
The clock with white enamel dial mounted in an urn and foliate decorated support, the soapstone base set with three hardstone mounted buttons, the dial marked SWISS, the underside marked E.DREIFOUS FRANCE, the tooled leather fitted case marked SPECIAL MAKER TO THE KING AND QUEEN OF ENGLAND DREYFOUS 582 FIFTH AVENUE PARIS AND LONDON
4¼ in. (11 cm.) high; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) wide; 3 in. (7½ cm.) deep

Pamela Harriman (1920-1997) and by descent.

Specialist note

Pamela Harriman, daughter of Edward Digby, 11th Baron Digby, married Major Randolph Churchill MBE (1911-1968), son of Sir Winston Churchill KG (1874-1965), in 1939; the couple had one child, Winston Spencer Churchill (1940-2010), before divorcing in 1945.