6,250 CHF
L'EPEE FOR TIFFANY & CO - PORCELAIN PANEL CARRIAGE CLOCK L'Epée, France "Corniche Porcelaine", retailed by Tiffany & Co. Fine, gold-plated and painted porcelain, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking and repeating carriage clock with alarm. Gilt brass, "Corniche", polished, the sides and back door set with yellow and blue painted porcelain panels, the top glazed to view the escapement, hinged carrying handle. White enamel, with radial Roman numerals, outer minute divisions, Arabic five-minute numerals, alarm setting dial below, matte gilt mask. Blued steel Breguet hands. Rectangular, gilt brass, four pillars, barrels for the going and striking trains, 11 jewels, straight-line lever escapement mounted on a frosted gilt platform, monometallic balance, self-compensating flat balance spring, index regulator. Notes Dial signed Tiffany & Co., movement signed L'Epée, each porcelain panel signed Tiffany & Co. on the reverse. DIM. 13.3 x 9.3 x 8.2 cm. excluding handle.
Auctioneer:
Antiquorum
Date:
2013-11-10
