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Geneva, Oct 14, 2007

LOT 327

?Tableau à Musique? Bohemian, the musical movement signed Rzfbitschek in Prag, No. 1878/22088. Made circa 1860. Fine, 8-day going, hour and half hour striking, musical clock painting, the music playing every hour or on demand.

C. Gilt wood framed oil on canvas, featuring a river valet landscape with figures, fishermen and a boat, a windmill and chateau on a rocky outcrop, the tower of the chateau with the clock. D. White enamel, radial blue Roman numerals, outer minute track. Blued steel ?cathedrale? hands. M. 11 x 11 cm, brass with going barrels both for the going and the striking trains, anchor escapement, inverted crutch, pendulum with silk suspension, striking on a coiled gong, 15 x 7 cm., brass musical movement, pinned cylinder, single steel comb with 82 tuned vibrating teeth. Musical movement signed and numbered. Dim. 82 x 99 cm.