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A French automaton clock in glass dome on gilded base, circa…
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Auction Location:
Melbourne
Date:
15-Sep-2019
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Description:
A French automaton clock in glass dome on gilded base, circa 1880, adorned with flying birds, full whistler, swimming swans and duck, water fountain and time and strike timepiece. this is one of three such timepieces imported by Bromley Jewellers of Yass, N.S.W. In the 1880's. This example was purchased by a pastoral family in the Gundagai region of N.S.W. and later donated to the local Historical Society and Museum where sadly some unfortunate restorations were carried out. Maker's plaque missing. 79 cm high, 64 cm wide, 40 cm deep
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Category:
Horology (Clocks & watches): Clocks - Zother