Hammer Price w/ BP
$7,500
| Lot #: 338 French Industrial Windmill Automated Clock |
| Attributed to Guilmet, circa 1885. Bronze case on a marble base in the form of a windmill displaying the time on a silvered dial with additional displays of barometric pressure and multi-temperature reading thermometers. The clock movement goes eight days with a platform escapement timepiece movement. The vanes of the windmill turn continuously for several hours quite engagingly. They are powered by a separate automation movement located within the base, which is wound through the small door in the front. Comparative Literature: Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer, 1999, pgs. 265 and 268. |
| Ht. 19 in. |
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Provenance Jim Cipra, Long Beach, CA. |
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Condition Excellent example, all original. |
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Auction Date Sep 30, 2023 |
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