Attributed to André-Romain GUILMET (1827-1892).
Extremely rare copper and gilded brass waterwheel automaton clock, featuring a circular dial in the center showing the hours in Roman numerals, flanked by a barometer and thermometer. The wheel with wooden blades is driven by two pumps, rising and falling. The set rests on a cherry-red marble base.
Circa 1890.
Height 39 - W 35.5 - D 20 cm (the movement of the clock and automaton restored by the "Clinique du Temps" watchmaker in Montpellier, as is. Damage and restoration to marble)
For similar clock models:
- Christie's, New-York, The Joseph M. Meraux Collection of Rare and Unusual Clocks, June 6, 2013, under number 29 ;
- Sotheby's, New York, 28 June 1993, under number 53. Acquired from Garrard, London, 1994;
- Fontaine's, Pittsfield Massachusetts, May 30, 2015, under number 112.
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