Lot n° 120
A small second quarter of the 18th century French weight driven lantern timepiece with alarm
Joseph-Nicholas Nombredeux, Paris
The case surmounted by a turned finial and a strapped bell held between four finials and pierced frets, set to the front with a crowned scroll over the 5-inch Roman dial with cruciform half-hour markers and inner quarter hour track, the centre engraved with foliate decoration and signed J.N. Nombredeux A Paris, with central alarm setting disc and shaped steel hand.
The side doors opening to reveal the single-train weight-driven movement with verge escapement and alarm train striking on the bell above. Ticking, sounding the alarm and sold together with weights. 25cms (10ins) high.
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