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A French patinated spelter, brass and silvered brass mystery timepiece with torsion pendulum
A French patinated spelter, brass and silvered brass mystery timepiece with torsion pendulum

NO.139. CIRCA 1890

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A French patinated spelter, brass and silvered brass mystery timepiece with torsion pendulum
No.139. Circa 1890
The female figure resting on a salmon pink variegated marble plinth, the spherical dial with concealed winding hole and applied silvered metal chapters, inscribed along the top Mn Hs Jne Système Fc Mt Breveté Paris, the eight day single barrel movement numbered 139 on the back plate, with torsion suspension in the pendulum tube above; winding key
27¾ in. (70.5 cm.) high

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer, Pennsylvania, 1999, pp.133-135, figs.11-5, 11-6a,b,c.