拍品 78
78
Quarter Deck A French gilt and silvered brass and marmo nero striking eight day novelty clock with rocking mariner
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Quarter Deck A French gilt and silvered brass and marmo nero striking eight day novelty clock with rocking mariner

GUILMET. CIRCA 1890

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Quarter Deck
A French gilt and silvered brass and marmo nero striking eight day novelty clock with rocking mariner
Guilmet. Circa 1890
The deck centred by a Roman dial, on tapering base, the mariner above moving with the ship's wheel as part of the compound pendulum for the twin barrels movement with strike on gong, stamped GLT and numbered 1266
11 in. (28 cm.) wide
注意事項
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.

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer, 1999, p.255, figs.22-2a,b,c,d; Sotheby's New York, The Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, 28 June 1993, lot 15.