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Mid-19th Century English Iron and Copper Hanging Trade Spring Balance
Located in Dallas, TX
A one of a kind! Created in England circa 1850, this "Peson" (or spring balance scale) was used in
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Mid-19th Century English Antique Spring Balance

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Copper, Wrought Iron

Antique English Spring Balance Scale Made by Salter 100 Years Old, Custom Stand
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English spring balance scale made by "Salter Co." on custom made stand, 100 years old
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Early 20th Century English Antique Spring Balance

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Brass

Antique English Spring Balance Scale Made by Salter 100 Years Old, Custom Stand
Located in New Orleans, LA
Antique English spring balance scale made by "Salter Co." on custom made stand, 100 years old
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Early 20th Century English Antique Spring Balance

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Brass

Jugendstil Brass Glass Vintage Ceiling Light Flushmount by Otto Wagner, Vienna
By Otto Wagner
Located in Vienna, AT
light has a matt glass dome shade which is to open with a hinge and a spring balancer mechanism. Fitted
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1910s Austrian Jugendstil Antique Spring Balance

Materials

Brass

English Bracket Clock with Silver Plated Dial, London, circa 1800
By Johnson
Located in Greven, DE
movement. Equipped with a spring balancer via steel strings and fusee, the movement runs for just over a
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Early 19th Century English Antique Spring Balance

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Brass

Gerlach's Allegorien Plate #89: "Bookplate Spring" Lithograph
By Koloman Moser
Located in Chicago, IL
generations to come. Moser achieved a remarkable balance between intellectual structure (often geometric) and
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1890s Vienna Secession Antique Spring Balance

Materials

Lithograph

Gerlach's Allegorien Plate #47: "Morning in the Spring" Lithograph
By Koloman Moser
Located in Chicago, IL
generations to come. Moser achieved a remarkable balance between intellectual structure (often geometric) and
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1890s Vienna Secession Antique Spring Balance

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Paper

Herbert Terry Anglepoise Model 1227 Black Two Step Articulated Desk Lamp 1930's
By Herbert Terry
Located in High Wycombe, GB
engineer, George Carwardine developed a theoretical concept for balancing weights using springs, cranks and
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Early 20th Century British Art Deco Antique Spring Balance

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Aluminum

19th Swiss Made French Bronze Horse Carriage Clock
Located in Marbella, ES
bracket with balance springs.
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19th Century French Antique Spring Balance

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Bronze

18K French solid gold watch chain - unique Antique Necklace - 15.35 Inch
Located in Antwerp, BE
spring ring, you will have to help to close it again. If you only open it partly, then it will close
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Early 20th Century French Victorian Antique Spring Balance

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Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

18K solid gold Pocket watch chain - Antique Necklace - Choker Sautoir 15.35 Inch
Located in Antwerp, BE
an antique spring ring that are also the perfect clasps to attach beautiful charms to this necklace
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Early 20th Century French Victorian Antique Spring Balance

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Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Late Edo Period Imari Pheasant Plate
By Imari Porcelain
Located in Fukuoka, JP
herald of spring and represents perseverance and renewal. The vibrant cobalt blues and warm golden hues
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Mid-19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Spring Balance

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Porcelain

Late Edo Period Imari Pheasant Plate
Late Edo Period Imari Pheasant Plate
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H 1.38 in W 10.24 in D 15.36 in
Dumas. A Rare French 2 Day Marine Pivoted Detente Chronometer C1850
Located in London, GB
Dumas and numbered. The weighted balance wheel with conical steel balance spring being free sprung. The
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19th Century French Antique Spring Balance

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Brass

Antique 1900s Persian Tehran Rug with Tree of Life Design, Wool, 4' x 6'
Located in New York, NY
Spring in the Garden of Eden. Among the flowers and blossoms are peacocks, ducks, koi, cypress trees and
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Early 20th Century Persian Antique Spring Balance

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Wool

Full Hunter 18CT Yellow Gold Swiss Quarter Repeater Pocket Watch Circa 1890
Located in London, GB
hair spring compensated balance wheel repeating on two gongs and is an excellent addition to starting
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19th Century Swiss Antique Spring Balance

Materials

18k Gold, Yellow Gold

Fine Scottish Two-Day Marine Chronometer Signed and Numbered D. McGregor
By D. McGregor & Co. 1
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
compensated balance and helical spring. The chronometer is wound by a special key with a ratchet to prevent
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Mid-19th Century Scottish Victorian Antique Spring Balance

Materials

Brass

Auguste Berthoud. A Rare Antique Experimental Marine Chronometer C1840
Located in London, GB
compensation balance, with three trapezoidal weights and timing screws and blued steel helical balance spring
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19th Century French Antique Spring Balance

Materials

Brass

Vintage 14K Yellow Gold Vogt Pocket Watch
Located in Mount Kisco, NY
Breguet balance spring is powering this vintage timepiece. Stamped with the Vogt trademark.
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Early 20th Century Swiss Antique Spring Balance

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14k Gold, Yellow Gold

Antique 1920-40 Surrealist Sculpture Unique Set Hammered SteelWire Female Torsos
Located in Chicago, IL
-standing torso study of a woman features either three spiral springs (suggesting pregnant belly with large
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Early 20th Century Unknown Antique Spring Balance

Hampden Watch Co. A Highly Engraved Railroad Full Hunter Pocket Watch C1890
By Hampden Watch Company
Located in London, GB
balance and blued steel overcoil hair spring gold chatons and gold screws. This watch is an excellent
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19th Century American Antique Spring Balance

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Gold, 14k Gold, Rose Gold

B.Hass Jeune Rose Gold Calendar Minute Repeater Split Second Hunter Pocket Watch
Located in London, GB
jewelled movement with compensation balance Breguet balance spring and micrometer regulation. This movement
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19th Century Swiss Antique Spring Balance

Materials

Rose Gold

Alfred Dunhill 1928 Art Deco La Captive Squeeze Travel Clock In .925 Sterling
By Alfred Dunhill
Located in Miami, FL
, frat balance spring, index regulator. Ref 825925. Dial: Square in light gilt, analog with Arabic
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1920s Swiss Art Deco Antique Spring Balance

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Silver, Sterling Silver, Steel

3.7x4.8 Ft Antique Caucasian Shirvan Kuba Rug with Unusual Kilim Design
Located in Philadelphia, PA
to spring from the background, run across the field of this Kuba rug in strong contrasting colors of
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Late 19th Century Kazak Antique Spring Balance

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Wool, Cotton

Renaissance Marble Relief - Emilia Romagna, 1470-80
Located in Bruxelles, BE
during the second half of the Quattrocento. It is imbued with serene grace; the pursuit of balance is
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15th Century and Earlier Italian Renaissance Antique Spring Balance

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Marble

Two Day Marine Chronometer by John Bliss, New York. No.3068
By John Bliss & Co.
Located in Norwich, GB
fusee movement has full brass plates joined by four ringed pillars, an Earnshaw-type spring detent
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1890s Antique Spring Balance

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Rosewood

Antique 18k gold Sautoir necklace, 157.5cm long guard, French Victorian chain
Located in Antwerp, BE
filigree scroll decorations and millegrain details. The chain closes with a small antique spring ring and
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Late 19th Century French Art Nouveau Antique Spring Balance

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Gold, 18k Gold, Yellow Gold

1919 Elgin Hermetic Trench Watch. Bold Red 12, with a “Solid Nickel Case"
By Elgin
Located in Raleigh, NC
traditional spring bar attachment as found in today’s watches. Case Material: It or often Solid Gold
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1910s American Anglo-Indian Antique Spring Balance

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Other

Fine Two-Day Marine Chronometer Signed Charles Frodsham
By Charles Frodsham
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
chain fusee. It has an Earnshaw spring detent escapement with a compensated balance and helical spring
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Mid-19th Century English Victorian Antique Spring Balance

Materials

Brass

17th Century Landscapes with Ruins Giovanni Ghisolfi Capricci Oil on Canvas Blue
By Giovanni Ghisolfi
Located in Sanremo, IT
clouds as of a spring thunderstorm ending almost at sunset. In the sense of balance, measure, composed
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1680s Italian School Antique Spring Balance

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Oil, Canvas

19th Century Swedish Painted Armoire
Located in Dallas, TX
hinges and lockworks are original to the piece. The bold multi-tiered crown molding balances the large
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Mid-19th Century Swedish Rustic Antique Spring Balance

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Pine

19th Century Swedish Painted Armoire
19th Century Swedish Painted Armoire
H 75 in W 72 in D 23.5 in
18th-century Lépine Verge movement key wind 18kt gold, a silver pocket watch
Located in Braintree, GB
main plate, dispensing with the fusée and chain and placing the balance on the same plane as the wheel
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1750s French Antique Spring Balance

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Gold, Silver

Pair Japanese Cloisonne Dragon and Phoenix Jardinieres, Meiji Period
Located in Austin, TX
make up half of the Four Noble Ones, Shikunshi, representing the seasons of spring (orchid) and autumn
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Early 1900s Japanese Meiji Antique Spring Balance

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Copper, Enamel

Antique Early 20th Sterling Silver Shell Folding Picture Frame Grey & Co 1910
By Grey & Co, Birmingham
Located in London, GB
stands perfectly for display also due to a perfect counter balance the silver spring loaded clasp works
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Early 20th Century British Antique Spring Balance

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Sterling Silver

Neo-Pompeian Brass and Marble Gueridon Table with Leopard Masks
Located in Shippensburg, PA
probably springs from the Throne of Dagobert held in the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris, a work
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19th Century French Antique Spring Balance

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Marble, Brass

Fine Chinese Porcelain Famille Rose Fencai Flower Bowl Millefleur Ground 20c
Located in Richmond, CA
scene that brings a touch of spring to any setting. This natural tableau is set against a rich
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Early 20th Century Chinese Qing Antique Spring Balance

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Porcelain

Buschman “Minerva” German Horizontal Table Clock
Located in New Orleans, LA
hue holds the clock’s fusée and chain movement with verge escapement and balance with hogs-bristle
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17th Century German Renaissance Antique Spring Balance

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Silver

Ercole Barovier Murano Seminatore Clear Massiccio Glass Gold Applications, 1930
By Ercole Barovier, Vetreria Artistica Barovier & C.
Located in Tavarnelle val di Pesa, Florence
figurines representing the four seasons. This is the spring. An auction house sold the shovel, probably
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Early 20th Century Italian Art Deco Antique Spring Balance

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Gold Leaf

Pink Guilloche Enamel Silver Gilt Sub-Miniature Carriage Clock with Alarm
Located in London, GB
balance and breguet overcoil balance spring. The inside of the case is also gilded. The underside marked
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1910s Swiss Antique Spring Balance

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Silver, Enamel

18 Kt Yellow Gold Lepine Pocket Watch, Second Morte, Double Barrel, Collector
Located in Antwerp, BE
18th century was to have the movement between two parallel plates and the balance wheel outside the top
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19th Century French Artisan Antique Spring Balance

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Yellow Gold

Ollendorff 56 Diamonds 2.0cttw Platinum Art Deco Ladies Wristwatch Circa 1920s
Located in North Attleboro, MA
This is a WOW, WOW... WOW!!! Absolutely stunning Art Deco platinum and diamond Swiss-made, spring
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1920s American Art Deco Antique Spring Balance

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Diamond, White Diamond, Platinum

17th Century Obelisk-Shaped Table Clock
Located in London, GB
, accompanied by a flat balance spring. Connecting the rectangular base and the glass pyramid is a gilt column
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1660s Italian Baroque Antique Spring Balance

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Brass, Ormolu

17th Century Obelisk-Shaped Table Clock
17th Century Obelisk-Shaped Table Clock
H 11.03 in W 3.55 in D 2.76 in
19th Century Japanese Scroll Painting, Birds & Flowers of the Four Seasons
Located in Kyoto, JP
times of the year. There is instead a rhythmic balance between sizes, colors and shapes. In combination
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1830s Japanese Edo Antique Spring Balance

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Silk

Early 19th Century Japanese Screen. Cherry Blossom & Pheasants by Mori Tetsuzan
Located in Kyoto, JP
presents a warm world that captures the idyllic scenery in early spring. The scene encapsulates the popular
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Early 19th Century Japanese Edo Antique Spring Balance

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Gold Leaf

Large Gilt Brass Engraved Oval Table Clock by Thomas Cole
By Thomas Cole (Clockmaker)
Located in London, GB
foliate patterns; the movement with four turned pillars, spring barrel, steel balance and lever escapement
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19th Century English Antique Spring Balance

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Brass

17th Century Japanese Screen Pair. Tiger & Dragon by Kaiho Yusetsu
Located in Kyoto, JP
is calling for rain, symbolizing spring which is considered the fountain of life. On the other side
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Mid-17th Century Japanese Edo Antique Spring Balance

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Silk, Wood, Paper

c.1850 French Multi-Dial Perpetual Calendar Mantle Clock with Rotating Moon
Located in Greenlawn, NY
has screwed posts, is wound and set off the back plate and retains the original balance platform with
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Mid-19th Century French Antique Spring Balance

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Enamel, Bronze

Edwardian Belle Epoque 1.81 CTW Diamonds Pendant Necklace
Located in Scotts Valley, CA
diamonds and the balance are bead set and bezel set rose cut diamonds. Mille grain work on all edges is
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1890s Belle Époque Antique Spring Balance

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Diamond, 14k Gold, 18k Gold, Platinum

‘Gloria Victis’, A Patinated Bronze Figural Group by Mercié, Cast by Barbedienne
By Ferdinand Barbedienne
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
group must be admired for balancing two figures on the minimal support of one foot, wings spread in the
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19th Century French Antique Spring Balance

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Bronze

Unusual Ribbed Eight-Day Repeating Striking Gilt-Brass Gorge Case Carriage Clock
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
door giving access to the winding arbors. Movement The high-quality spring-driven eight-day
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19th Century French Victorian Antique Spring Balance

Materials

Brass

Striking 19th Century Carriage Clock with a Gilt-Brass Corniche Case by Grohé
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
is surmounted by a typically shaped carrying handle. The spring-driven, eight-day movement of this
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Spring Balance

Materials

Brass

"Rampant Stallion" by Peter Darro
By Peter Darro
Located in Coeur d'Alene, ID
"Silent Spring") for National Wildlife Hall of Fame. In murals, a major achievement is his 120 ft mural at
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Late 19th Century American Antique Spring Balance

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Bronze

"Rampant Stallion" by Peter Darro
"Rampant Stallion" by Peter Darro
H 25.5 in W 18 in D 11 in
Fontainbleau Renaissance Cabinet Bearing the Dodieu’s Family Coat-of-arms
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
furnitures strongly influenced by architecture. This taste for balance sets the bases of a French art. The
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16th Century Renaissance Antique Spring Balance

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Walnut

Austrian Huge Ceramics Keramos Vase Designed by Susi Singer, circa 1925
By Susi Singer
Located in Vienna, AT
burning torch, accompanied by owl (winter) -- a woman balancing a heart in left raised hand
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Early 20th Century Austrian Art Nouveau Antique Spring Balance

Louis XVI Style Annular Dial Clock in the Manner of Lepaute, French, circa 1890
By Jean-André Lepaute 1
Located in Brighton, West Sussex
, flat balance spring and index regulator, striking the hours and half-hours on a bell. The dial
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Late 19th Century French Louis XVI Antique Spring Balance

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Marble, Bronze

Engraved Eight-Day Striking and Repeating Carriage Clock by Perregaux Au Locle
Located in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
: PERREGAUX AU LOCLE. The spring-driven eight-day movement of this charming clock is constructed between
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19th Century French Neoclassical Antique Spring Balance

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Brass

Rare Renaissance Cabinet Richly Carved
Located in Saint-Ouen, FR
depicted with flower bouquets. On the doors: On the right: Spring, a female figure crowned with a
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16th Century French Renaissance Antique Spring Balance

Materials

Walnut

Rare Renaissance Cabinet Richly Carved
Rare Renaissance Cabinet Richly Carved
H 72.45 in W 50.6 in D 20.48 in
"View of New York Harbor, Staten Island Ferry, " Gustave Wolff, Impressionism
By Gustave Wolff
Located in New York, NY
behind which you threw the tin cans this spring, has just had a bit of luck . . . [T]he people who
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Early 20th Century American Impressionist Antique Spring Balance

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Oil, Canvas

'Feast of Passover' — American Expressionism
By Max Weber
Located in Myrtle Beach, SC
other prints to sell at the Weyhe Gallery. That spring, ten of Weber’s poems with ten woodcuts were
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1920s Expressionist Antique Spring Balance

Materials

Woodcut

Pair of Restored Victorian Gentleman Club Chesterfield Leather Sofas Kilim Seats
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
traditional Victorian coil sprung affair, it has springs all over and all of them are hand tied and hessian
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Spring Balance

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Leather, Hardwood

1 of 2 Restored Victorian Club Chesterfield Hand Dyed Leather Sofas Kilim Seat
By Chesterfield
Located in GB
traditional Victorian coil sprung affair, it has springs all over and all of them are hand tied and hessian
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19th Century English Victorian Antique Spring Balance

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Leather, Hardwood

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Antique Spring Balance For Sale on 1stDibs

At 1stDibs, there are many versions of the ideal antique spring balance for your home. Each antique spring balance for sale was constructed with extraordinary care, often using metal, brass and wood. You’ve searched high and low for the perfect antique spring balance — we have versions that date back to the 18th Century alongside those produced as recently as the 20th Century are available. An antique spring balance made by Victorian designers — as well as those associated with Art Nouveau — is very popular. You’ll likely find more than one antique spring balance that is appealing in its simplicity, but Chesterfield, Bailey, Banks & Biddle and Ercole Barovier produced versions that are worth a look.

How Much is a Antique Spring Balance?

Prices for an antique spring balance can differ depending upon size, time period and other attributes — at 1stDibs, they begin at $200 and can go as high as $140,000, while the average can fetch as much as $6,408.