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A rare mid-late 18th century ormolu quarter repeating cartel timepiece Ferdinand Berthoud, Paris image 1
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Lot 141

A rare mid-late 18th century ormolu quarter repeating cartel timepiece
Ferdinand Berthoud, Paris

16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

£5,000 - £7,000

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A rare mid-late 18th century ormolu quarter repeating cartel timepiece

Ferdinand Berthoud, Paris
The unusually tall case of shield-shaped outline, surmounted by a foliate shell over symmetrical scrolls, the signed 5 inch white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals enclosing a minute band with dotted five minute markers, with pierced and engraved hands, the spring driven movement with circular plates united by tapering pillars, with tic-tac type escapement to a silk suspended pendulum, the quarter repeat work mounted on the boldly signed backplate 46cms (18ins) high

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