c.1890 French Industrial Lighthouse Clock.
French /
Industrial
Inv. #: f230
Circa: 1890
Size: 17" high
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A late-Victorian French industrial lighthouse clock with a clock, barometer and two thermometers. The top revolves for about 8 hours on a single wind.
Case
The silvered bronze case is shaped like an early lighthouse with decorative brickwork, silvered windows and door, a brickwork balustrade and a rotating top that has a clock, barometer and two thermometers. The whole sits upon a circular black Belgian marble base.
Dial
The silvered engraved clock dial has Roman numerals for the hours, Arabic five-minute marks, steel cut hands and a sunken gilt bronze center.
The silvered circular aneroid barometer dial has a gilt hand to register the last reading and a steel cut hand to register the current barometric pressure.
The two engraved silver thermometer scales show the temperature in Fahrenheit and Centigrade/Reaumur.
Movement
The time-only clock movement has a balance wheel escapement with the fast/slow out the dial.
In the base is the spring driven animation movement that is wound through the hinged door and rotates the top for approximately eight hours per wind.
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