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c.1895 Rare Four-Dial Animated Lighthouse Clock.

Inv. #: f343

Circa: 1895

Size: 20" high

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A very nice late 19th century gilt and silvered-bronze animated lighthouse clock. The rare and unusual gilt bronze case is shaped like an early lighthouse with decorative brickwork, a cast balustrade and several windows and a door. The whole sits upon a circular black Belgian marble base. The rotating top includes a timepiece, two thermometers and a barometer.

Dial

The four dials include a painted silvered time dial with Roman numerals, two painted silvered thermometer dials with semicircular tubes and a painted silvered barometer dial.

Movement

The eight-day time only movement is wound out the front and is adjusted for fast slow off the backplate. The animation movement is located in the base, is wound out the side and rotates the top for several hours.

Ref:

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