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Lot 144

A good late 19th century patinated and gilt brass industrial automata clock in the form of a steamhammer
A.R. Guilmet, no 669.

16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street

Sold for £4,750 inc. premium

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A good late 19th century patinated and gilt brass industrial automata clock in the form of a steamhammer

A.R. Guilmet, no 669.
Realistically modelled with cornice and steam chamber over a pivoted lever and side step, the shaped supports to a stepped plinth base, the pendulum bob modelled as the silvered hammer head bouncing up and down over the separate anvil, the 3 inch square brass dial with brass frame and applied Roman numerals and spade shaped hands, the twin train movement striking on a bell and stamped with the Guilmet trademark, numbered 669, with elaborate pallet mechanism to achieve the vertical action of the hammer head

46cms (18ins) high

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