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A Napoleon III black marble perpetual calendar combination mantel clock
in architectural case, the white enamel Roman dial with visible Brocot escapement with jewelled pallets to the recessed centre, rubbed retail signature, flanked by alcohol thermometers calibrated to Reaumur and Fahrenheit, the enamel scales inscribed Paris 1838, aneroid barometer and calendar dial with moonphase and equation indication, centred by a waisted glazed pendulum aperture, the twin barrel movement with strike on bell to the backplate with retail stamp Wm Roskell & Co. Liverpool -- 17½in. (44.5cm.) high
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in architectural case, the white enamel Roman dial with visible Brocot escapement with jewelled pallets to the recessed centre, rubbed retail signature, flanked by alcohol thermometers calibrated to Reaumur and Fahrenheit, the enamel scales inscribed Paris 1838, aneroid barometer and calendar dial with moonphase and equation indication, centred by a waisted glazed pendulum aperture, the twin barrel movement with strike on bell to the backplate with retail stamp Wm Roskell & Co. Liverpool -- 17½in. (44.5cm.) high
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