A French brass and marmo nero Belgio novelty automaton windmill timepiece with barometer and thermometers

NO.395. CIRCA 1885

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A French brass and marmo nero Belgio novelty automaton windmill timepiece with barometer and thermometers
No.395. Circa 1885
With silvered chapter rings for time and aneroid barometer, painted inscriptions, Centigrade/Réaumur and Fahrenheit thermometers to the sides, the base housing drive for automaton sails, the eight day single barrel timepiece movement with replaced lever escapement, numbered 395 on the back plate; two winding keys
17¼ in. (44 cm.) high

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer, Pennsylvania, 1999, p.268, fig.22-35D.
J. Ramon Colon De Carvajal, Catalogo de Relojes Del Patrimonio Nacional, Editorial Patrimonio Nacional, Madrid, 1987, Catalogue No.542.

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