A RARE GILT METAL AND SILVERED AUTOMATON ‘LIGHTHOUSE’ TIMEPIECE WITH DUPLEX ESCAPEMENT
By André Romain Philéas Guilmet, Paris, No 1978, circa 1900
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£2,000 - £3,000
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Hammer price:
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£3,500 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
Modelled as a lighthouse, with a domed top and finial, above the ‘lamp’ formed with a glass cylinder and oscillating glass bars to imitate the light, with a galleried platform, above tapering column with circular enamel dial and stepped base, the underside of the base stamped 1978 and DH
25cm high
**PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS SOLD SUBJECT TO 5% IMPORT VAT
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Derek Roberts, Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer, 1999, p.258
CONDITION REPORT
In good condition and working. The gallery has lost its original pierced balustrading and is replaced by plain bars and uprights.
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