$3,910
F. Laidrich, Concise, Switzerland, made for the Chinese market in the 1880's.Fine, small, gilt brass and enamel 8-day going carriage clock. oval, glazed on all sides, columns and base decorated in champlevé enamel of geometrical patterns, the top decorated with applied floral champlevé enamel, brass handle at the top decorated en suit. white enamel, Roman numerals, outer minute divisions with five-minute red Arabic markers. Blued steel "spade" hands. rectangular, 47 x 38 mm, gilt brass, triple train, going barrels, platform with cylinder escapement, solid 3-arm balance with flat balance spring.Signed on the movement in Chinese characters.Dim. height 80 x 60 m
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2003-09-24