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French Figural Lighthouse Clock
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French Figural Lighthouse Clock
late 19th century
the patinated metal lighthouse and figure surmounted on a marble base, 8-day time and count wheel strike movement, inscribed "Hardi! Courage!," illegible signature on dial
29 1/2 x 14 x 9 inches
Brass French Industrial Lighthouse Clock
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Brass French Industrial Lighthouse Clock. The brass lighthouse tower has a graphite finish with an incised staggered geometric pattern resembling the bricks or stones that make up the tower, also has a raised section in the base that resembles a door with windows on either side and 2 more windows in the midsection. 2.25 in. Enamel dial has black Roman numerals with spade and diamond hands, round brass spring driven movement is in working condition. 21 in. high
Lighthouse 9-Time Zone Figural Clock
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Lighthouse 9-Time Zone Figural Clock: Unmarked with the pendulum.
Not tested.
(The base has been repainted. The aluminum cap on the lighthouse is new. The screws holding the face in place are new.)
23 3/4″ Tall
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French Industrial “Lighthouse” clock
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Popular in the 1870s, the French industrial clocks were both mechanically clever and meticulously made. This lighthouse clock stands 22″, making it a larger model. When running the model Fresno light atop the structure oscillates on the half seconds, acting as the pendulum of the clock which displays the time below. The cast brass components are silvered, gilt, and sometimes patinated.
French made lighthouse clock
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A late 19th C. French made Industrial “Lighthouse” clock. The bronze and silvered and gold plated modeled lighthouse is mounted with a round white dialed timepiece whose mechanism is run by a duplex clock escapement, wherein the modeled “light” oscillates back and forth with a half seconds beat.
French Industrial Lighthouse Clock
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French Industrial Animated Lighthouse Clock. The top of the light tower has a silvered finish with a timepiece on the front, thermometers left and right and a barometer on the back. Driven from a separate movement in the base of the tower, the top section oscillates clockwise showing the 4 sides. The time only hairspring movement has a silvered 2.25 in. dial matching that of the barometer on the reverse and they both have a gilt bezel with beveled glass. The gilt body has a nice finish with incised brickwork replicating the structure of the tower with copper colored windows and door. 17 in. high x 6.5 in. dia.
French Industrial Animated Lighthouse Clock
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French Industrial Animated Lighthouse Clock. Gilt polished brass case in the form of a lighthouse with cylindrical base, conical stem, spindled walkway above and double sided rotating top; stands on an ebonized wood base with separate spring driven mechanism powering the animated top and winding through the hinged front door. The front has a 3.25 in. porcelain dial with black Roman hour numerals, black hands, beaded door bezel with beveled crystal. Brass spring driven 8 day movement running on a cylinder escapement; the reverse has a 3.25 in. porcelain dial for the Aneroid barometer with open center, Centigrade & Fahrenheit stick thermometers on the left and right. In good condition, each mechanism is running, has key for animated mechanism. 22 in. high.