Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Charles Hour Desk Clock Compendium, France, diamond-shaped brass case with folding handle over the top mounted compass, the base marked CH. Hour, France, one of the sides with an enamel arabic numeral dial with winding hole below the center shaft, two of the other sides with mercury thermometers and silvered scales, one marked Centigrade, the other Fahrenheit, and the last side with a barometer, ht. with handle extended 4 in.
Estimate $700-900
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Charles Hour, FranceJonathan Dowling
Director, Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
508-970-3131
Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
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