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Steam Pump A French brass, patinated and silvered brass and red marble eight day timepiece with barometer, twin thermometers and automaton wheel and governor

CIRCA 1890

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Steam Pump
A French brass, patinated and silvered brass and red marble eight day timepiece with barometer, twin thermometers and automaton wheel and governor
Circa 1890
The front inset with time and barometer dials with silvered chapter rings and flanking twin thermometers, the pump arm rising and falling with the revolving wheel and the governor turning behind, the single barrel movement with cylinder escapement and stamped 1012, with independent single barrel automaton movement
16¾ in. (42.5 cm.) high

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer, 1999, p.265, fig.22-27.

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