拍品 71
71
A Napoleon III miniature skeleton timepiece, the white enamel Roman dial signed Pierret A Paris with blued moon hands, Y-shaped plates with going barrel and anchor escapement with silk-suspended pendulum, similar signature to backplate and numbered 2701, oval ebonised wood base and glass dome

细节
A Napoleon III miniature skeleton timepiece, the white enamel Roman dial signed Pierret A Paris with blued moon hands, Y-shaped plates with going barrel and anchor escapement with silk-suspended pendulum, similar signature to backplate and numbered 2701, oval ebonised wood base and glass dome
9in. (23cm.) overall (2)

拍品专文

Victor-Athanase Pierret, 1806-1893 established himself in Paris at the age of 24 in rue des Bons-Enfants. His miniature skeleton clocks caused a stir when they were first exhibited in the 1851 Paris Exhibition; a very small number were bereft of engraving and most were sold with an alarm mechamism, sometimes with added calendar. This particular type was at that time sold for 18s 6d.