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Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 20, 1991
LOT 131
Coulon, London, circa 1800 Fine mahogany automaton musical 8-day bracket clock, with hour striking, quarter chiming and repeating.
CHF 20,000 - 25,000
Sold: CHF 25,300
C. Mahogany veneered on oak,arched pagoda top with convex mouldings andreeded quarter columns,brass scale side frets,ogee bracket feet, ball finials and carrying handles. D.Silvered brass,applied chapter-ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, Strike/Silent and musical tune selection rings above. Brass scroll spandrels. Painted automaton scene of four musicians in the arch,moved by the pendulum swing. M. Brass plates,three train with chain fusees,now with anchor escapement (originally verge,some alterations). Hour striking on a bell,combined quarter-chimin and musical train with pinbarrel mountec between the plates,playing two tunes on 8 bells with 16 hammers. Signed on the dial. In good condition. Dim.54 x 36 x 25 cm.
