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Lot 121

A good late 19th Century French Mystery clock
Guilmet, number 1340

8 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £4,375 inc. premium

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A good late 19th Century French Mystery clock

Guilmet, number 1340
Surmounted by the figure of Ceres, a sheaf of wheat in her lowered right hand, her raised left arm supporting the gilt pendulum terminating in a bevelled glass bob, on a shaped plinth base set with lions mask side handles and paw feet, the 4.25 inch dial with gilt Roman numerals and shaped hands, the twin train movement with crank and stirrup escapementoutside countwheel strike on a bell bearing the makers stamp 60cms (23.5ins) high.

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Similar examples are illustrated in Qing; 'Antique Clocks, Art and Technology in Time, 1680-1820', pages 208-215.

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