Important Modern and Vintage Timepieces
Geneva, Mar 11, 2012
LOT 191
TABLEAU À MUSIQUE French. Made circa 1860. Fine, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking clock painting.
CHF 3,500 - 5,500
USD 3,800 - 6,000 / EUR 3,000 - 4,500
C. Gilt wood framed oil on canvas, depicting a church with clock high by an alpine river valley. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Steel hands. M. 11 cm square, brass with going barrels both for the going and the striking trains, anchor escapement, brass bob pendulum with silk suspension, striking the hours and half-hours on a gong. Dim. 78 x 90 cm. In good condition
