AN UNUSUAL EMPIRE ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL REGULATOR WITH VISIBLE BALANCE WHEEL ESCAPEMENT
NOW WITH DIAL SIGNED GEORGE, PARIS. THE CASE CIRCA 1800
CASE: of portico form, with fluting to the cornices, winged horse mounts to the entablature, ringed columns, on lion paw feet DIAL: associated white enamel dial (restored), signed 'George à Paris', the reverse signed 'Coteau Emailleur...a Paris', pierced and engraved ormolu hands, blued steel sweep seconds hand MOVEMENT: possibly associated, twin barrels, with pinwheel escapement connected to three arm balance below, with steel balance spring and dot regulation arc, countwheel strike on bell
17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm.) high; 10½ in. (27 cm.) wide; 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) deep
AN UNUSUAL EMPIRE ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL REGULATOR WITH VISIBLE BALANCE WHEEL ESCAPEMENT
NOW WITH DIAL SIGNED GEORGE, PARIS. THE CASE CIRCA 1800
CASE: of portico form, with fluting to the cornices, winged horse mounts to the entablature, ringed columns, on lion paw feet DIAL: associated white enamel dial (restored), signed 'George à Paris', the reverse signed 'Coteau Emailleur...a Paris', pierced and engraved ormolu hands, blued steel sweep seconds hand MOVEMENT: possibly associated, twin barrels, with pinwheel escapement connected to three arm balance below, with steel balance spring and dot regulation arc, countwheel strike on bell
17 1/8 in. (43.5 cm.) high; 10½ in. (27 cm.) wide; 6½ in. (16.5 cm.) deep
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