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Lighthouse A French brass and silvered and black slate eight day timepiece with barometer, twin thermometers and automaton light

CIRCA 1890

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Lighthouse
A French brass and silvered and black slate eight day timepiece with barometer, twin thermometers and automaton light
Circa 1890
The time and barometer dials with silvered chapter rings, single barrel movement with cylinder escapement and numbered 1141, the moving light with thermometers to each side , with independent single barrel automaton movement in the base
18 in. (46 cm.) high

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Sotheby's New York, The Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, 28 June 1993, lot 17.

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