Lot 67
67
Six Column Beam Engine A rare French brass, coppered and patinated brass, red marble and marmo nero Belgio eight day striking clock with barometer, thermometer and automaton wheel and beam
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Six Column Beam Engine A rare French brass, coppered and patinated brass, red marble and marmo nero Belgio eight day striking clock with barometer, thermometer and automaton wheel and beam

DENLAU & BORIUS, PARIS. CIRCA 1890

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Six Column Beam Engine
A rare French brass, coppered and patinated brass, red marble and marmo nero Belgio eight day striking clock with barometer, thermometer and automaton wheel and beam
Denlau & Borius, Paris. Circa 1890
The brickwork case with barometer, time and thermometer dials, all with silvered chapter rings, with wheel above revolving and causing the beam to rise and fall and the governor to rotate, the twin barrels movement with cylinder escapement and strike on bell, stamped for DENIAU & BORIUS/PARIS, with independent barrel for the automaton
15½ in. (39 cm.) wide
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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.266, fig.22-31b; Sotheby's New York, The Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, 28 June 1993, lot 58.
Six column beam engine clocks are rare; the example illustrated in Roberts and Meraux has four pillars.

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