Sold for:
$1,659
$1,659
Brass "Le Coq a Vernon" Wheel Cutting Engine, France, dated 1789, a freestanding hand-powered tool, the brass frame supported by cylindrical legs, 5 3/4 in. brass dividing plate with fourteen numbered rows and inscribed Le Coq a Vernon 1789 , with pivoting steel indexing arm and ivory crank handle, in old wood box with snipe hinges, engine lg. 8 1/4, ht. 7 in. Note: This engine is specifically discussed in Crom #3, pp. 354-357, figures 723-725B.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2010-05-01
