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  • Lot n° 41 The bombe case surmounted by a cast ormolu bird over five turned finials on a brass caddy top, the sides with engraved boulle decoration over a moulded brass base on four turned bun feet. The 3.75-inch brass dial with silvered Roman chapter ring, each minute hand-engraved around the edge over cruciform half-hour divisions, with finely matted centre engraved with a flowerhead and framed by further engraved foliate decoration on a matted ground, a subsidiary dial for regulation marked II-IX to the arch with blued steel hand, the lower edge signed Louis Ourry A Paris in a flowing script, with blued steel hands. The 30 hour movement with verge balance wheel escapement mounted to the shaped backplate, striking the hours via an externally mounted countwheel, with external clicks and ratchet wheels to the twin going barrels, the plates united by four turned vase-shaped pillars, the backplate signed by the maker, sold together with a case key and winding key. Running and striking. 28cms (11ins) high.

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