96th Auction
2017/11/18
Lot 385
Breguet, Movement No. 157, Case No. 2013, Height 135 mm, circa 1874
A historically important hour repeating carriage clock with half hour / hour self strike and alarm sold on December 24, 1874 to Baron N. de Rothschild for the sum of 275 Francs - with original certificate
Case: bronze, firegilt. Dial: enamel. Movm.: brass movement, 2 hammers / 1 gong, 3 barrels, platform with lateral lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
Lionel Nathan Baron de Rothschild (22 November 1808 - 3 June 1879) was a British banker, politician and philanthropist who was a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of England. He became the first practising Jew to sit as a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom.
A historically important hour repeating carriage clock with half hour / hour self strike and alarm sold on December 24, 1874 to Baron N. de Rothschild for the sum of 275 Francs - with original certificate
Case: bronze, firegilt. Dial: enamel. Movm.: brass movement, 2 hammers / 1 gong, 3 barrels, platform with lateral lever escapement, gold screw compensation balance.
Lionel Nathan Baron de Rothschild (22 November 1808 - 3 June 1879) was a British banker, politician and philanthropist who was a member of the prominent Rothschild banking family of England. He became the first practising Jew to sit as a Member of Parliament in the United Kingdom.
Sold
estimated
2.000—10.000 €
Price realized
3.800 €