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A French industrial steam hammer clock, c.1885, the staple-form…
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Auckland
Date:
17-Sep-2019
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Description:
A French industrial steam hammer clock, c.1885, the staple-form case of gilt bronze trimmed sheet-metal raised on a black marble plinth, surmounted by a model piston cylinder connected to a linked control lever to a boilerplate platform on the left, between the legs of the frame a silvered anvil and hammer forms the visible portion of the complex pendulum. The dial signed 'Marcks & Co. Ltd, Bombay & Poona, made in France', the circular French brass movement numbered 649, bell striking (hammer absent), height 45 cm.
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Horology (Clocks & watches): Clocks - Zother