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CIRCA 1890
Details
Ship's Wheel and Lamp
A French gilt, patinated and silvered brass and black marble eight day novelty compendium timepiece with barometer, thermometer and compass
Circa 1890
With aneroid barometer to the lantern, flanked by pulleys, compass inset to a bollard and thermometer mounted on an anchor, the dial with painted Roman chapters to silvered chapter ring with regulation at XII, single barrel movement with cylinder escapement, numbered 11954
12 in. (31 cm.) high
A French gilt, patinated and silvered brass and black marble eight day novelty compendium timepiece with barometer, thermometer and compass
Circa 1890
With aneroid barometer to the lantern, flanked by pulleys, compass inset to a bollard and thermometer mounted on an anchor, the dial with painted Roman chapters to silvered chapter ring with regulation at XII, single barrel movement with cylinder escapement, numbered 11954
12 in. (31 cm.) high
Provenance
Sotheby's New York, The Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, 28 June 1993, lot 18.
Literature
Illustrated, Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer, 1999, p.259, fig.22-15.
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