A FRENCH PATINATED AND GILT BRONZE MYSTERY CLOCK

A FRENCH PATINATED AND GILT BRONZE MYSTERY CLOCK

ATTRIBUTED TO JEAN-EUGENE ROBERT-HOUDIN, PARIS, MID-19TH CENTURY

the four and a half inch glass dial with black Roman numerals and single gilt metal arrow hand inside a chromed bezel, on a scrolling bracket supported by griffins, the waisted case decorated with a cherub amongst scrolling foliage containing a brass, two train movement stamped 'Brevet d'Invention, Boilviller A Paris' and '61', striking on a bell, the back of the case also stamped'Brevet d'Invention', on a scrolling and shell foot and on a velvet topped giltwood plinth with shell and scrolling foliate decoration

41.5cm high

Literature

Derek Roberts, 'Mystery, Novelty & Fantasy Clocks', 1999, p 225, pl.19-7 for a similar second series 'standard glass dialled single handed mystery clock'.

Catalogue Note

For similar examples see Bonhams London, Fine Clocks, 9th July 2014, lot 159 and Bonhams New York, Fine Furniture and Decorative Arts, Clocks and Silver, 24th September 2012, lot 5268.