Lot 52
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Beam Engine A French brass and silvered brass and rouge griotte marble eight day novelty striking clock with moving pump
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Beam Engine A French brass and silvered brass and rouge griotte marble eight day novelty striking clock with moving pump

GUILMET, PARIS, NO.146, RETAILED BY L. VRAPP & CO., SHANGHAI & HANKOW. CIRCA 1890

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Beam Engine
A French brass and silvered brass and rouge griotte marble eight day novelty striking clock with moving pump
Guilmet, Paris, No.146, Retailed by L. Vrapp & Co., Shanghai & Hankow. Circa 1890
The gilt dial with painted Roman chapters and signed L. VRAPP & CO./Shanghai-Hankow, the beam above forming the compound pendulum for the twin barrels movement with strike on bell, stamped GLT/PARIS and numbered 146
10 in. (25.5 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.264, fig.22-25; Sotheby's New York, The Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, 28 June 1993, lot 34.

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