The Longitude at the Eve of the Third...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 23, 1999

LOT 481

Wurtel, 38 et 40 Passage Vivienne, Paris, Musique de Genève No. 31123, circa 1860.Very fine and rare eight day going hour and half hour striking clock painting, with music, Angelus and echo.

CHF 18,000 - 22,000

C. Gilt wood framed oil on canvas, featuring a Swiss lakeside lanscape, a castle on the right, the clock on the bell-tower. D. White enamel with red Roman numerals. Blued steel arrows hands. M. Brass square with going barrels both for the going and the striking trains, anchor escapement, pendulum with spring suspension. Striking on a gong with count wheel on the back plate. Subsidiary brass rectangular movement for the echo, striking on a gong with fly regulator, released by main movement striing train. Subsidiary brass rectangular movement for the Angelus, striking on two gongs with fly regulator, also released by the striking train of the main movement. Music of 8 tunes with 30 cm brass pin cylinder.Signed on the dial and on the commercial sticker.Dim. 69 x 79 cm.


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Grading System
Grade: AAA

Excellent

Case: 3

Good

Movement: * 3
Dial: 3 - 01

Notes

Musique de Genève , cylindre de 12 pouces, étouffoirs à spiraux.The following tunes are played by the music:- Les Yeux Bleus, valse- La Belle Helène, quadrille principal- La Traviatta, coro- Les Vêpres Siciliène, prière- La Périchole, quadrille No. 3- La Bouquetière, valse No. 4- Les Noces de Jeannette, romance de l'aiguille- Les Roses, valseMusical clock paintings, both with Angelus and echo are relatively rare, even more so, when they still have the original commercial sticker of the retailer and the list of the musical tunes.