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Automaton Clock and Weather Station in the Form of a Tower and Colonnade
Brevet, RV
France, circa 1880
Desription
Silvered and gilt bronze automaton clock and weather station in the form of a tower and colonnade. The clock, movement no. 4461, is mounted above an aneroid barometer and flanked by thermometers reading in Centigrade, Reaumur and Fahrenheit. A separately wound automaton movement drives a polished rod mounted with paired wind vanes under the colonnade.
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