Guilmet, France, figural clock with conical pendulum, the painted spelter female figure on a variegated marble base resting on gilt scroll feet, her right arm held aloft and supporting the rotating timepiece, contained within a blue painted sphere
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24 October 2024
cast base with two cracks, minor corrosion, marble with minor flakes, figure with gilt surface under later faux patination, gilt surfaces with wear, sphere with polished nickel surface under later blue paint, hands with filing, lower section of impulse rod replaced, impulse "propeller" replaced, escape pinion with repairs, movement will run, needs service
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Guilmet
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2200.00
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R. O. Schmitt Fine Arts
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Guilmet, France, figural clock with conical pendulum, the painted spelter female figure on a variegated marble base resting on gilt scroll feet, her right arm held aloft and supporting the rotating timepiece, contained within a blue painted sphere suspended by decorative chain, serving as both movement case and oscillator, 8 day time only movement with Guilmets mark cast base with two cracks, minor corrosion, marble with minor flakes, figure with gilt surface under later faux patination, gilt surfaces with wear, sphere with polished nickel surface under later blue paint, hands with filing, lower section of impulse rod replaced, impulse "propeller" replaced, escape pinion with repairs, movement will run, needs service
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