France, a rare, gilt and patinated, automated steam engine compendium, the horizontal boiler mounted to a cast floor with crosshatched surface, and resting on a black slate base, boiler fitted with an 8 day, timepiece and aneroid barometer, both with

France, a rare, gilt and patinated, automated steam engine compendium, the horizontal boiler mounted to a cast floor with crosshatched surface, and resting on a black slate base, boiler fitted with an 8 day, timepiece and aneroid barometer, both with silvered dials and flanking the central thermometer with silvered scale, and surmounted by the engine flywheel, governor, cylinder and valve, the flywheel, piston, and governor powered by a movement concealed in the cylinder, the motion started and stopped through the screw in the cylinder valve, the valve front with plaque marked "D. H. Depose" restored finish, silvered dials and scale with minor toning, governor with minor bend, timepiece with replaced platform, needs encouragement to start, thermometer not working, barometer appears to be working, automation working, clockwork driving the motion runs erratically, speeds up and slows down, and sometimes refuses to run, will need service