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Unusual French Industrial Lighthouse Clock

Unusual French Industrial Lighthouse ClockUnusual 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.
Provenance
Jim Cipra, Long Beach, CA.
Condition
Some small chips to prisms.
Auction Date
Sep 30, 2023

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