Fine and rare French industrial locomotive automaton clock b...

Estimate

£20,000 - £30,000

Fine and rare French industrial locomotive automaton clock by Guilmet circa 1890, the eight day movement with half hour striking, within a gilt and patinated bronze case incorporating a barometer to the side and thermometer and compass to the chimney, the 3.25" silvered chapter ring enclosing a plain gilded centre with slow/fast lever regulation above twelve o'clock, the eight day spring-driven movement with lever escapement and half hour striking on a bell, the wheel driven by a separate mechanism with approximately two hour duration upon a black marble stepped base fitted with rails and raised upon four stepped rectangular ormolu feet, 18" high (max), 19" wide (max), 9" deep (max)
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** See Derek Roberts - Mystery, Novelty & Fantasy Clocks, Atglen PA USA, 1999, pp. 253-270
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** This clock was bought by a previous owner in the 1960's at Nicholl's Auction House in Belfast for £15. A similar locomotive clock by Guilmet sold for £3000 in the famous Mentmore sale in the 1970's