Lot 87
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Lighthouse A French brass and silvered brass and marmo nero Belgio eight day striking novelty clock with oscillating light
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Lighthouse A French brass and silvered brass and marmo nero Belgio eight day striking novelty clock with oscillating light

GUILMET & VINCENTI, PARIS. CIRCA 1890

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Lighthouse
A French brass and silvered brass and marmo nero Belgio eight day striking novelty clock with oscillating light
Guilmet & Vincenti, Paris. Circa 1890
The tapering square section case decorated with brickwork to all sides, set with a dial to the front with applied Roman chapters, with vacant silvered plaque to the plinth, the glazed top section revealing an oscillating helical torsion pendulum mounted with glass panels and simulating the light, the movement with twin barrels and strike on gong, stamped GLT/PARIS and VINCENTI and numbered 217
25¼ in. (64.5 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.

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Sotheby's New York, The Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, 28 June 1993, lot 43.

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