Louis Fernier, Paris, for Ellis, DePree & Tucker, Exeter, England, Gilt Anglaise Riche variant case with beveled glasses, heavily molded top and base with inset quarter columns, the front and sides with silvered panels, engraved and polychrome painted with scenes of ducks and egrets in a marsh, Roman numeral dial with blued steel hands, week going two train movement striking at the hour and half hour on a single gong, and repeating the hours on demand, movement back plate signed "L.F. Paris" and numbered 4750, silvered lever platform, c1885
Fernier, Louis
Shelf or Mantel Carriage
France
October 26, 2013