Lot Essay
Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer, Pennsylvania, 1999, p.264, fig.22-26A.
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E.G. LAMAILLE. CIRCA 1885
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A French brass novelty automaton horizontal boiler engine timepiece with thermometer and barometer
E.G. Lamaille. Circa 1885
With white enamel time and barometer dials flanking alcohol thermometer, automaton flywheel and governor above, inscribed DH/DEPOSE, the eight day single barrel movement with vertically positioned cylinder escapement and stamped EGL on the back plate, automaton with independent drive; two winding keys
10½ in. (26.5 cm.) wide
E.G. Lamaille. Circa 1885
With white enamel time and barometer dials flanking alcohol thermometer, automaton flywheel and governor above, inscribed DH/DEPOSE, the eight day single barrel movement with vertically positioned cylinder escapement and stamped EGL on the back plate, automaton with independent drive; two winding keys
10½ in. (26.5 cm.) wide