Lot 498
FRENCH MARBLE, GILT METAL AND SPELTER FIGURAL MYSTERY CLOCK, BY GUILMET
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Day Two | Thurs 13th Nov at 10am | Lots 339 to 600
Description
the black marble dial with incised gilt Roman numerals, the bronzed spelter Classical female figure holds the glass-bobbed pendulum over the polished black stone case with lion-head masks to the sides, canted corners, gilt foliate decoration around the ornate hinged bezel and gilt shade hands, on a moulded plinth and lion's paw feet, the twin-barrel movement with external countwheel strike on a bell, the backplate stamped ‘Brevete, GLT, S.G.D.G’ and numbered ‘1457’, the twin train movement striking to a bell with crank and stirrup escapement impulsing the pendulum through the base of the statue
Dimensions
63cm high, 27cm wide, 23cm deep