THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

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A NAPOLEON III ORMOLU MUSICAL AND AUTOMATON NOVELTY STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
The rosewood and marquetry plinth containing music and automaton movements, under glass shade (not illustrated), silvered dial with applied chapters, blued steel hands, twin barrel movement with Brocot anchor escapement and strike on bell; pendulum, three winding keys
26 in. (66 cm.) high, excluding shade

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Lot Essay

A clock of closely related design sold anonymously, Christie's New York, 17 June 2005, lot 50 ($18,000). A further example is illustrated, Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume, The Musical Clock, Mayfield, 1995, p.191, plate IX/28.

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