FRENCH BLACK MARBLE DESK COMPENDIUM CALENDRICAL TIMEPIECE
LATE 19TH CENTYURY
Auction: Day Two | Thurs 4th Sept at 10am | Lots 403 to 727
Description
three white enamel dials for time, barometer and day, date and month calendar, set in a gilt brass engine turned mask, the rectangular black marble case with silver plated mounts, turned handle and raised on turned feet, the single barrel movement with platform lever escapement
Dimensions
22.5cm high, 20.5cm wide, 9cm deep
Footnote
For an auction comparable see Christie's, London, 1 July 2008, Important Clocks and Marine Chronometers, lot 6, A matched pair of French eight day calendrical timepieces in black marble and pale onyx, for a near identical example only differing by gilt mounts (as part of a pair)