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Ship's Wheel A French brass and silvered brass and rouge griotte marble eight day revolving compendium timepiece with barometer and compass

HENRY MARC, PARIS. CIRCA 1890

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Ship's Wheel
A French brass and silvered brass and rouge griotte marble eight day revolving compendium timepiece with barometer and compass
Henry Marc, Paris. Circa 1890
On ratcheted socle, with white enamel dials to either side, for time with Roman chapters and signed HRY MARC/PARIS and for aneroid barometer, with gimballed compass above, the single barrel movement with lever escapement with bimetallic balance
11 in. (28 m.) 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.259, fig.22-13.

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