A FRENCH GILT AND SILVERED BRASS STRIKING NOVELTY TABLE CLOCK

GUILMET, CIRCA 1880

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A FRENCH GILT AND SILVERED BRASS STRIKING NOVELTY TABLE CLOCK
GUILMET, CIRCA 1880
CASE: in the form of an industrial steam hammer, on a black marble stepped base; DIAL: with pierced breguet hands; MOVEMENT: the twin barrel movement with strike on bell, stamped 'MEDAILLE D'OR/GLT/BTF SGDG/PARIS/1102' and 'JAPY FRERES'
18 in. (45.7 cm.) high; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide; 5½ in. (14 cm.) deep

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The Parisian Mystery Clock maker A.R.Guilmet registered his first patent in 1853, although this was for an engineering invention rather than a clock. His engineering background clearly inspired his various editions of Industrial Clocks produced from about 1875.