
A Louis XVI ormolu month-going mean and solar time mantel regulator with remontoire, the clockmaker Robert Robin, Paris, the enameller Joseph Coteau. the dial dated 1778. Estimate £100,000 - £150,000. Sold £157,250 to an Anonymous. Photo: Christie's Images Ltd., 2010
CASE: glazed panel to acanthus leaf and bead moulded top, laurel leaf and berry mouldings to glazed side panels and front and rear glazed doors, on block feet DIAL: white enamel, with outer concentric year calendar and outer zodiac ring painted in oval gilt-framed...
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