Verge Fusee mechanical clock features dial numbers engraved in Hebrew letters. Set on round pedestal with neoclassical devices and supported by three, footed female busts. With glass underside and visible movement. Height: 1.75 inches. * With clock key.

AUCTION 62 | Thursday, June 26th, 2014 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 345
FRENCH HEBREW DIAL CLOCK.
Verge Fusee mechanical clock features dial numbers engraved in Hebrew letters. Set on round pedestal with neoclassical devices and supported by three, footed female busts. With glass underside and visible movement. Height: 1.75 inches. * With clock key.

Est: $1,200 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $1,200
Found from the 14th century until the mid-19th century, the verge escapement is the earliest known type of mechanical escapement, the mechanism in a mechanical clock that controls its rate by advancing the gear train at regular intervals or ‘ticks’.