Figural table clock with automatic ignition device,... Lot 9000

Figural table clock with automatic ignition device, France circa 1900. Staffed and patinated bronze figure of a standing man in a tailcoat. The hat serves as a match holder. When the alarm mechanism is triggered, the arm with the match jumps up and ignites on the matchbox inserted at the feet (mechanism works). Literature: Brandstifter: Vom Feuerstahl zum Solarzünder, eine kleine Kulturgeschichte des Feuerzeugs, ed.: Niederrheinisches Museum für Völkerkunde und Kulturgeschichte, Goch 2002, p. 73 f. H. 24 cm