£4,000
A RARE AND DECORATIVE SET OF DIAMOND SCALES, PROBABLY FRENCH, CIRCA 1775 FROM THE PALAIS ROYALE
comprising a gilt brass column topped by an armillary sphere with silvered hour ring, and supporting a gilt brass and steel balance on secondary columns, with classical mask to front, with miniature pans, operated by a front-mounted drawstring pull, the base with verge escapement watch movement by Gossier a Rouen, for armillary sphere, with front wind, cased measurements -- 17¼ x 12¾ x 7¾in. (44 x 32.5 x 20cm.)
Lacking all glass. Watch movement running well. Unknown mechanism in base. Inscribed indistinctly in French on underside of base.
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