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Lot 41

An early 20th century French grande sonnerie striking and repeating carriage clock with Papal provenance
Drocourt, number 17826

8 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

£1,800 - £2,500

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An early 20th century French grande sonnerie striking and repeating carriage clock with Papal provenance

Drocourt, number 17826
The corniche case with reeded handle over an oval bevelled glass aperture, the sides glazed between shaped uprights, the movement with large silvered lever platform escapement with a cut and compensated bi-metallic balance, sounding and repeating the hours and the quarters on a pair of coiled blued steel gongs, the rectangular white enamel Roman dial with minute track enclosing a (rubbed) coat of arms, with blued steel moon hands 17.5cms (6.5ins) high.

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This clock originally belonged to Cardinal Miecyslaw Halka Count Ledochowski. It is offered for sale by a direct descendant and a letter written by Cardinal Ledochowski on behalf of Pope Leo XIII dated 1889 is included in the lot.

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