A MID-VICTORIAN GILT-BRONZE NOVELTY TIMEPIECE
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A MID-VICTORIAN GILT-BRONZE NOVELTY TIMEPIECE

CIRCA 1870

Closed1 May 2013

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GBP 1,250

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A MID-VICTORIAN GILT-BRONZE NOVELTY TIMEPIECE
CIRCA 1870
CASE: modelled as a dog on its haunches DIAL: the white enamel dial with Roman numerals and Arabic five-minute marks, set within the dog's mouth MOVEMENT: single train timepiece, with wire-line fusee, half dead-beat escapement
16½ in. (42 cm.) high; 7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) wide; 6 in. (15.2 cm.) deep