Balloonist
A rare French brass, gilt and silvered brass and rouge griotte marble eight day mystery timepiece with swinging balloon
Balloonist A rare French brass, gilt and silvered brass and rouge griotte marble eight day mystery timepiece with swinging balloon

CIRCA 1900

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Balloonist
A rare French brass, gilt and silvered brass and rouge griotte marble eight day mystery timepiece with swinging balloon
Circa 1900
The balloon and basket forming the pendulum, with applied white enamel Roman chapters, single barrel movement
22 in. (56 cm.) high

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer, 1999, p.258, fig.22-35a; Sotheby's New York, The Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, 28 June 1993, lot 1; Liao Pin, Clocks and Watches of the Qing Dynasty, From the Collection in the Forbidden City, Foreign Language Press, 2002, p.188.

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