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c.1895 French Patinated, Gilt and Silvered-Bronze Animated Bicycle Clock

French / Industrial

Inv. #: f129

Circa: 1895

Size: 14.75" high

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A rare late-Victorian French patinated, gilt and silvered bronze animated bicycle clock. Above a well-cast patinated man dressed in a uniform and wearing a kepi stands on a rockwork ground and pushes a gilt and silvered-bronze Penny Farthing bicycle. 'Made in France' is stamped along the back edge of the rockwork. The whole stands on a molded gilt bronze frame that is supported by a red marble base with turned feet.

Ref: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Derek Roberts, 'Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy', front cover and pg. 268. </span>