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CIRCA 1890
細節
Printing Press
A rare French brass and silvered brass and rouge griotte marble eight day timepiece with barometer, thermometer and automaton press
Circa 1890
With newspaper engraved Le Petit Journal apparently coming off a rolling press, with drums for time, thermometer and aneroid barometer, all with silvered chapter rings, the single barrel movement with cylinder escapement, independent single barrel movement for the automaton, above plinth applied with plaque inscribed MACHINE à IMPRIMER ROTATIVE
14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) high
A rare French brass and silvered brass and rouge griotte marble eight day timepiece with barometer, thermometer and automaton press
Circa 1890
With newspaper engraved Le Petit Journal apparently coming off a rolling press, with drums for time, thermometer and aneroid barometer, all with silvered chapter rings, the single barrel movement with cylinder escapement, independent single barrel movement for the automaton, above plinth applied with plaque inscribed MACHINE à IMPRIMER ROTATIVE
14¾ in. (37.5 cm.) high
來源
Sotheby's New York, Masterpieces from the Time Museum, Part IV, Vol I, 13 October 2004, lot 609.
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