Table quarters striking clock with automaton
Table quarters striking clock with automaton
France
Circa 1870
Bronze, steel, brass, marble, blued steel, glass; casting, gilding, silvering, smooth finish
Height 64 cm
Musical clock in black marble case on ornately shaped base with profiled moulding on four gilded bronze spherical supports. Musical movement - Carillon is comprised of four bells made of blued steel on two racks is set on gilded bronze top panel, surrounded with chains on corner pillars, the figure of young magician with hammer in right movable right hand is behind it.
Silver-plated
brass clock dial in golden color bezel, with faceted
glass is on the front side behind the door. Three apertures with decorative
rosettes for winding the clock escapement, strike and musical movement, with
Roman numerals for hours’ designation, minutes’ divisions and two figured hands
are on the dial. Openwork gilded pattern is in the dial center. The door with
gilded brass knob closes the case rear side. The clockwork is pendulum with
eight days period winding, three spring motors, quarters chime of the magician upon
the bells and an hour striking on the gong. The magician hand that holds the hammer
moves vertically and horizontally during quarters chime.
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