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GUILMET, PARIS, NO.1738. CIRCA 1890
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A French brass and silvered brass and marmo nero Belgio eight day striking novelty clock with revolving bar-bell press
Guilmet, Paris, No.1738. Circa 1890
The gilt painted dial with Arabic chapters, the single barrel movement with bar-bell press forming the pendulum, stamped GLT/PARIS and numbered 1738
12¾ in. (32.5 cm.) high
A French brass and silvered brass and marmo nero Belgio eight day striking novelty clock with revolving bar-bell press
Guilmet, Paris, No.1738. Circa 1890
The gilt painted dial with Arabic chapters, the single barrel movement with bar-bell press forming the pendulum, stamped GLT/PARIS and numbered 1738
12¾ in. (32.5 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, The Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, 28 June 1993, lot 10.
Literature
Illustrated, Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer, 1999, p.265, fig.22-29b.
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