A French brass skeleton clock, by Pierret, Paris, circa 1851,…
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A French brass skeleton clock, by Pierret, Paris, circa 1851, the engraved A-frame support with enamel dial with Roman numerals and central alarm disc, breguel steel hands, 8 day movement with anchor escapement, silk suspension pendulum, raised on an ebonised base with alarm and bell inside, stamped to base 'M. Honorables/Exp/Paris.Londres' and numbered '2532', within a glass dome
circa. A Latin term meaning 'about', often used in the antique trade to give an approximate date for the piece, usually considered to be five years on either side of the circa year. Thus, circa 1900 means the piece was made about 1900, probably between 1895 and 1905. The expression is sometimes abbreviated to c.1900.
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