SEPTEMBER 2019 JEWELLERY, ANTIQUE AND ART AUCTION Tuesday, 17 September 2019 - 10:00 AM start
A French industrial steam hammer clock
Realised: $2,400 plus premium
Lot Details
c.1885; the staple-form case of gilt bronze trimmed sheet-metal raised on a black marble plinth, surmounted by a model piston cylinder connected to a linked control lever to a boilerplate platform on the left; between the legs of the frame a silvered anvil and hammer forms the visible portion of the complex pendulum. The dial signed 'Marcks & Co. Ltd, Bombay & Poona, made in France'; the circular French brass movement numbered 649, bell striking (hammer absent). H.450mm.
