Unusual French Industrial Lighthouse Clock
Hammer Price w/ BP
$9,600
| Lot #: 339 Unusual French Industrial Lighthouse Clock |
| Attributed to Guilmet, circa 1880. 8-day time and strike with torsion pendulum, gilt-bronze and patinated brickwork case with the clock in the bottom and an oscillating multicolored glass balance mechanism above. Comparative Literature: Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer, 1999, p.257, fig.22-8; Sotheby's New York, The Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, 28 June 1993, lot 4; Sotheby's New York, Masterpieces from the Time Museum Part IV, Vol I, 13 October 2004, lot 604. |
| Ht. 24 in. |
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Provenance Jim Cipra, Long Beach, CA. |
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Condition Some small chips to prisms. |
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Auction Date Sep 30, 2023 |
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