Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Belgian Black Slate Calendar Shelf Clock, France, c. 1890, flat-top case, brass bezel glazed with thick beveled glass over the enamel roman numeral dial with sunk center and subsidiary day-of-the-week and day-of-the-month calendar dials, eight-day time and strike movement with outside escapement, regulated by a pendulum, ht. 15 in.
Estimate $200-300
Clock ticks and strikes. Case repair on object left base. Movement and brass pendulum marked 101, no key.
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Keywords
France
Jonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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