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AN IMPRESSIVE GILT-BRASS, GREEN ONYX AND CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL NOVELTY INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATON COMPENDIUM TIMEPIECE, 'THE BOLLARD' FRANCE, CIRCA 1890 |
Estimate
60,000 - 80,000 HKD
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Description
- overall h. 66 cm, 26 in.
the silvered timepiece dial signed for the retailer J. Ullmann & Co., Hong Kong, Shanghai, Tientsin, mounted together with an aneroid barometer, mercury thermometer, compass and further timepiece dial in a cylindrical bollard which is rotated by an automaton movement concealed within the capstan base, decorated with floral polychrome enamel and with nautical mounts including anchors and davits, on a circular onyx plinth, wood stand