Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Bronze French Shelf Clock, c. 1890, the stepped flat top supported by engaged columns with side and front panels of birds, butterflies, and flowers cast in bas relief, all on a stepped plinth, brass bezel glazed with beveled glass over the 4-in. porcelain Roman numeral dial with recessed center, blued steel hands, brass, eight-day time and strike movement with outside escapement and a pendulum, ht. 16 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
Dial in very good condition. Movement ticks and strikes.
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