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A Louis XIV gilt-mounted turtleshell quarter repeating "pendule de voyage", Jacques Thuret, Paris, circa 1705

Live auction begins on:

November 19, 01:30 PM GMT

Estimate

5,000 - 7,000 GBP

Bid

300 GBP

Lot Details

Description

4¾-inch thirteen-piece cartouche enamel dial, signed below on an enamel plaque Thuret, the movement with later conversion from balance to pendulum, pull quarter repeating on three bells, signed on the backplate Thuret A Paris, the waisted case veneered in brown shell and with mask and foliate mounts, on scroll feet,


41cm. 16in. high

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