The Longitude at the Eve of the Third...

Geneva, Hotel Des Bergues, Oct 23, 1999

LOT 482

Swiss, circa 1860.Fine eight day going hour and half hour striking clock painting.

C. Gilt wood framed oil on canvas, featuring a lakeside Swiss lanscape, a river on the foreground, a church on the left, the clock fitted on the bell-tower. D. White enamel with Roman numerals. Blued steel "trefle" 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.Dim. 69 x 79 cm.