Mantel clock with musical movement
Mantel clock with musical movement
France
1840
Bronze, wood, glass; gilding, marquetry
Height 65 cm; dial diameter 8 cm
Louis Philippe gilt and patinated bronze automaton and musical cathedral mantel clock. Movement with anchor escapement and silk suspended pendulum, notch wheel bell striking, 8 cm enamel dial with Roman numerals and arrow-like hands forming the rosette window of a gilt and patinated church surmounted by pinnacles and a statue, above the road and bridge between houses on which travellers are moved along by the separately driven automaton mounted in a rosewood veneered marquetry inlaid oval base with separate cylinder musical movement.
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