A rare French industrial mantel clock, windmill, circa 1880

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Name
A rare French industrial mantel clock, windmill, circa 1880
Measurements
Height: 55 cm, Width: 30 cm, Depth: 22 cm
Reference
GUDA30091
Techniques
Cast, Lacquered
Colors
Gold, Brown, White
Categories
Decorative Arts Clocks Mantel Clocks
Materials
Brass Bronze Marble
Styles
Industrial
Periods
19th Century Antique
Origins
France
Description

This animated industrial mantel clock in the shape of a windmill made by Guilmet is unusual and very collectable.

The case

The case is made of cast brass which was patinated and gilt lacquered and placed on a griotte rouge marble base. The boards, bricks, beams and ground all are made with great detail and fantasy. On the half timbered annular base with doors and a barometer is a tiled roof. This is being surmounted by a boarded rectangular upper part with doors and windows incorporating the clock movement. There is also a second separate mechanism in this upper part driving the windmill blades. The whole is topped by a boarded roof with a weather vane.

The movement

The spring driven movement has a duration of eight days which means one needs to wind this once a week. It is regulated by a cylinder escapement in combination with a balance wheel.

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