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French novelty automaton industrial clock, late 19th century,…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
4-Apr-2023
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Description:
French novelty automaton industrial clock, late 19th century, modelled as an industrial steam engine, with large automaton fly wheel and piston, driven by a large barrel housed in the base, the front ornamented with mock brickwork and furnaces, with silvered dials housed in drums with a clock, an aneroid barometer and a Reaumur thermometer, on rouge marble base, in presentation case, movement (A/F), height 59 cm width 44 cm depth 29 cm (in case). Provenance: Private Collection, Sydney, reference: Cf. For comparison Derek Roberts mystery, novelty and Fantasy clocks, Schiffer 1999, p.265, Fig.22-27, and the collection of the Science Museum of Victoria
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Category:
Horology (Clocks & watches): Clocks - Zother