A French large patinated spelter, brass and gilt-metal mystery 'swinger' timepiece

NO.4058. CIRCA 1890

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A French large patinated spelter, brass and gilt-metal mystery 'swinger' timepiece
No.4058. Circa 1890
The figure emblematic of La Fortune after the model by Louis Moreau and supported on a rouge marble plinth, spherical case with applied chapters, the eight day single barrel movement with internal pendulum and numbered 4058; winding key
35½ in. (90 cm.) high

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer, Pennsylva, 1999, p.145, figs.12-11, 12-12, 12-13a,b.