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Lot 145

A 19th century French brass automata windmill timepiece

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

Sold for £1,125 inc. premium

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A 19th century French brass automata windmill timepiece

Realistically modelled with sloping roof and dormer windows over timber-effect sides set with window frames and doors with rustic porches, variously stamped BL to the interior, on a curved raised base, the 2.5inch silvered Roman dial set just below the rotating set of four sails, the timepiece movement wound from the front, the automata movement wound from the rear and set in motion by a screw to the side
40cms (15.5ins) high.

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Windmill automata are rarer to find than many of the other types of automata/novelty clocks - just two are illustrated in Roberts, 'Mystery, Novelty and Fantasy Clocks, Schiffer 1999, figs 22-28B and 22-35C.

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