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Vertical Steam Boiler A rare French brass, silvered brass and red marble eight day striking clock with automaton flywheel, piston and governor

CIRCA 1890

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Vertical Steam Boiler
A rare French brass, silvered brass and red marble eight day striking clock with automaton flywheel, piston and governor
Circa 1890
The case modelled with rivets and with inset dial with silvered Roman chapter ring, hinged door to the front concealing winding square for automaton, the twin barrels movement with strike on bell and numbered 3772, with independent single barrel automaton movement
17½ in. (44.5 cm.) high

來源

Sotheby's New York, Masterpieces from the Time Museum, Part II, 19 June 2002, 212.

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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.

拍品專文

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty & Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer, 1999, p.264, fig.22a; Sotheby's New York, The Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, 28 June 1993, lot 40.