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French Louis Philippe framed picture musical wall clock, around 1860.
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French Louis Philippe framed picture musical wall clock.
The glazed oil on canvas painting depicting a harbor with a tower incorporating a enamel dial with Roman numerals, within a gilt stuccoed frame.
Two train spring driven silk suspension 8 day anchor mouvement outer countwheel striking on a gong and releasing a separate outer countwheel gong striking mechanism for echo. A third mechanism on the right striking the Angelus every six hours. Also a comb musical mechanism playing every hour, with six different tunes, the whole in a wooden case with stop levers at the bottom.
Height 86 cm, width 102 cm.