£1,512
Auction: Five Centuries
the brass Roman numeral dial signed 'Desjardins À Paris' with an embossed floral mask to the centre, in a rectangular pedestal case with swans and a flower basket and surmounted by a comet; the standing allegorical figure of Hope leaning on an anchor to one side, and a Swan prow boat to the other, raised on a plinth with a relief frieze of Mercury in a nautical scene, on acanthus cast bracket feet, the twin train brass movement with outside countwheel striking a bell