Lot: 3372
Date of sale: 10. Fri Nov 2023
Figural table clock with automatic ignition device, France circa 1900, marked on the back with...
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Figural table clock with automatic ignition device, France circa 1900, marked on the back with Duverdrey & Bloquel St.-Nicolas-d’Aliermont, France, dial with depoy bez, black arab. numerals on white background, staffed and bronzed white cast figure of a standing man in tailcoat. The hat serves as a match holder. When the alarm mechanism is triggered, the arm with the match jumps up and ignites (mechanism hangs), movement must be revised, literature: Brandstifter: Vom Feuerstahl zum Solarzünder, eine kleine Kulturgeschichte des Feuerzeugs, ed.: Niederrheinisches Museum für Völkerkunde und Kulturgeschichte, Goch 2002, p. 73 f. H. 24 cm
Category: Clocks
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