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CIRCA 1870
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A rare French gilt and silvered brass automaton novelty clock
Circa 1870
The automaton domed top rotating to present the cannon with a 360° arc of fire, above a silvered parapet, the tapering cylindrical fort with flaming cannon on chained brackets to the sides and on a square base cast with lion masks and with shell casings to each angle, the feet formed as silvered cannon-balls, the dial flanked by brass flaming torches with mercurial thermometers, clock dial with Roman chapters and blued steel hands, the movement with twin spring barrels, cylinder escapement and strike on a gong, the backplate with stamp for Japy Freres, aneroid barometer with plaque below engraved FORT de LONGCHAMPS A CUPOLE TOURNANTE
26¼in. (66.5cm.) high
Circa 1870
The automaton domed top rotating to present the cannon with a 360° arc of fire, above a silvered parapet, the tapering cylindrical fort with flaming cannon on chained brackets to the sides and on a square base cast with lion masks and with shell casings to each angle, the feet formed as silvered cannon-balls, the dial flanked by brass flaming torches with mercurial thermometers, clock dial with Roman chapters and blued steel hands, the movement with twin spring barrels, cylinder escapement and strike on a gong, the backplate with stamp for Japy Freres, aneroid barometer with plaque below engraved FORT de LONGCHAMPS A CUPOLE TOURNANTE
26¼in. (66.5cm.) high
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