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Oak Black Forest Wall Clock with Automaton and Mus

Oak Black Forest Wall Clock with Automaton and Musical Box, the case with carved cresting and dial surround, three carved and gilded stags, 8 in. dia. brass dial with raised Arabic numerals and two doors for the quarter-hour trumpeter and hourly cuckoo, the interior behind the gilt spelter figures of a man and woman standing […]

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Louis Phillipe Gilt Bronze Automaton Mantel Clock

Louis Phillipe Gilt Bronze Automaton Mantel Clock, No. 915, the movement signed F.C and stamped Medaille d’Or, Paris, 1827, with 3-inch engine-turned Roman dial, two-train movement with silk suspension and countwheel strike on bell, in sculptural case in the form of a grotto surrounded by shell-scrolls, ship’s anchor, cannon, barrel and a mariner holding a […]

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GERMAN WOOD & ONYX AUTOMATON MANTEL CLOCK,

GERMAN EBONIZED WOOD & ONYX AUTOMATON MANTEL CLOCK, C. 1800, H 17″, W 10″:Brass face mounted with a man and woman sawing automaton; mirrored tablet; onyx flanking columns. As is condition. Condition report As is condition; much loss of patina (ebonizing); 1 winding key attacked to clock Images Click on thumbnails to see larger images:

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unusual figural automaton cat clock w fish bowl mo

unusual figural automaton cat clock w fish bowl motif Images Click on thumbnails to see larger images:

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