Guilmet Figural Time & Strike 8 Day Mystery Clock.

Guilmet Figural Time & Strike 8 Day Mystery Clock.

Estimate:
[restrict paid=ture]$4,000 – $6,000[/restrict]
Auctioneer:
[restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]
Sold Price:
[restrict paid=ture]$5,750[/restrict]
Sold Date:
[restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – May 17, 2014[/restrict]

Guilmet Figural Time & Strike 8 Day Mystery Clock. c.1880. Heavy black incised marble mantle case with brass handles on the sides and stands on brass feet. Has a marble dial with etched numerals and brass bezel, beveled door glass and gilt hands. Standing on top is a spelter figure of a woman holding a long pendulum with a beveled glass bob. The pendulum swings rotating the plate under the figure slightly and engages the escapement; the platform plate and figure are numbered 3779. The 15 day, half hour time and bell-strike movement bears the marks of Guilmet and is numbered 5707. The case and the movement are in very clean condition. 24.5 in. high