A French gilt-spelter and marmo nero Belgio striking mystery clock

GUILMET, PARIS, NO.3831. CIRCA 1885

Details

A French gilt-spelter and marmo nero Belgio striking mystery clock
Guilmet, Paris, No.3831. Circa 1885
The dial with gilt-incised chapters, the figure resting on a rotational circular platform and suspending a pendulum with glass bob, impulsed by an actuating bar positioned on the front plate of the movement (Guilmet's patent), the eight day twin barrel movement with countwheel strike on bell, stamped GLT and 3831 on the back plate; key
27 in. (68 cm.) high

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer, Pennsylvania, 1999, pp.241-251, figs.21/1-29/9.
Peter Heuer and Klaus Maurice, Europaïsche Pendeluhren, Callwey, Munich, 1988, p.97, fig.169.
Tardy, French Clocks, Part III, Paris, 1981, p.83.

More from Important Pocket Watches and Wristwatches and the R.O.

View All