C.1840, French, Duband a Beaune, Ormolu and Bronze waterfall automaton, 8-day bell strike with silk suspension. The separate movement for the waterfall is wound just beside the twisty glass.

C.1840, French, Duband a Beaune, Ormolu and Bronze waterfall automaton, 8-day bell strike with silk suspension. The separate movement for the waterfall is wound just beside the twisty glass. Condition: overall very good original condition, both movements complete. Duband name appears in a cartouche on the dial, and impressed into the brass cover on the rear, along with the number of the movement No. 918. Note we sold the cousin to this clock by a different maker in Oct-'06 auction, lot 437. Also see interesting coiled serpent that is the bezel, and with the small arbor for F/S adjust through snake's head. Height 17.2 inches [43cm]