Large Guilmet Mystery Clock, circa 1880

Large Guilmet Mystery Clock, circa 1880

Black marble base with gilt bronze mounts, roman numeral dial, paw front feet, surmounted by a gold-tone patinaed metal classical female statue after Auguste Louis Mathurin Moreau (1834-1917) with upraised arm holding a gilt pendulum with a glass bob which swings without an visible means of impulse. Eight-day time and strike movement marked "Brevete GLT S.G.D.C.," strikes the hour and half hour on a bell.

Ht. 37 1/2 in. W 22 in. D 11 in.

Provenance: Jim Cipra, Horological Consultant, Long Beach, California.
The collection of Dr. William Thomas, Naples, Florida.

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Condition Report: In running condition.