French mystery clock, ÒLa BalancelleÓ double dialed shop window regulator 8 days, time only, spring driven movement in nickel plated and brass grid iron pendulum form case with two white enamel dials, one with sweep seconds and the other without and
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24 October 2024
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recently serviced. The case has alternating nickel plated and brass rods in the grid iron portion and has been recently polished. The dials are excellent with no hairlines. A replaced mounting bracket is included. Please see Derek RobertÕs ÓMystery, Novelty & Fantasy ClocksÒ, page 143 where he describes the mystery of the clock when suspended in the window, when viewed from the outside would have no apparent reason to swing. From the rear a bar coming down from the ceiling bracket engages the crutch. Ht 48Ó
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La Balancelle
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R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts
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French mystery clock, ÒLa BalancelleÓ double dialed shop window regulator 8 days, time only, spring driven movement in nickel plated and brass grid iron pendulum form case with two white enamel dials, one with sweep seconds and the other without and signed ÒMOREL A MORBIER, c1850 recently serviced. The case has alternating nickel plated and brass rods in the grid iron portion and has been recently polished. The dials are excellent with no hairlines. A replaced mounting bracket is included. Please see Derek RobertÕs ÓMystery, Novelty & Fantasy ClocksÒ, page 143 where he describes the mystery of the clock when suspended in the window, when viewed from the outside would have no apparent reason to swing. From the rear a bar coming down from the ceiling bracket engages the crutch. Ht 48Ó
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