A rare French marmo nero Belgio, bronze, gilt and patinated spelter mounted revolving globe mystery timepiece
A rare French marmo nero Belgio, bronze, gilt and patinated spelter mounted revolving globe mystery timepiece

PENDULE GEOSCOPE, NO.910, THE GLOBE BY E. SCHOTTE & CO., BERLIN. CIRCA 1880

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A rare French marmo nero Belgio, bronze, gilt and patinated spelter mounted revolving globe mystery timepiece
Pendule Geoscope, No.910, the globe by E. Schotte & Co., Berlin. Circa 1880
The dial with incised chapters, the large single barrel movement with circular plates signed PENDULE GEOSCOPE/BREVETÉ/FRANCE & ETRANGER and numbered 910, with Brocot escapement connected via the rear column to a remote pendulum oscillating above a 6½ in. diameter terrestrial globe with twelve paper gores and signed DIE ERDKUGEL/BERLIN, revolving against a fixed pointer to indicate world time
37¾ in. (96 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, The Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, 28 June 1993, lot 484.

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