Lapis, Silver, and Gem-set Eight-day Desk Clock

Description:

Lapis, Silver, and Gem-set Eight-day Desk Clock, white guilloche dial with turquoise markers surrounded by a beaded silver bezel, topped by a silver crown in the shape of a Russian Imperial eagle, with silver garland and gilt oval plaques of the tsar and tsarina flanking a gem-set crown, with an eight-day Elgin National Watch Company movement, no. 27495188, ht. 7 1/4 in.
Estimate $3,000-5,000

Movement ticks but does not stay running. Indicator at 7 position is missing.


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