Lot 124
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The Fortress An unusual French gilt and patinated brass eight day striking clock with barometer, twin thermometers and automaton gun turret
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The Fortress An unusual French gilt and patinated brass eight day striking clock with barometer, twin thermometers and automaton gun turret

MOVEMENT BY JAPY FRÈRES. CIRCA 1880

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The Fortress
An unusual French gilt and patinated brass eight day striking clock with barometer, twin thermometers and automaton gun turret
Movement by Japy Frères. Circa 1880
With rotating domed top set with cannons, set within a parapet and above a tapering tower decorated with brickwork, with flaming cannon mounts to the sides, on square base cast with lion masks and with shell casings to each angle, the feet formed as cannon balls, with dial above aneroid barometer dial, each with silvered chapter rings, flanked by flaming torches with applied with thermometers (one lacking), the movement with twin barrels, cylinder escapement and strike on gong, back plate stamped for JAPY FRÈRES, with independent single barrel automaton movement
28 in. (71 cm.) 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.

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Christie's London, Important Clocks and Marine Chronometers, 5 July 2006, lot 90.

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