An unusual French spelter, gilt-metal and silvered brass mystery 'swinger' timepiece with two figures

GUILMET, NO.5575. CIRCA 1890

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An unusual French spelter, gilt-metal and silvered brass mystery 'swinger' timepiece with two figures
Guilmet, No.5575. Circa 1890
With white enamel dial, the eight day key-less wind movement housed within a drum case, with single barrel and internal pendulum swinging to the front plate, the back plate stamped GLT and numbered 5575

Lot Essay

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

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