Item : 216955
Mantel clock with automaton
Period: Early 19th century
Mercury-gilded and chiseled bronze mantel clock with automaton. Depicting a traveler resting near a mill, with a dove in his right hand. Paris-type movement, strike for hours and half-hours via count wheel. Simultaneously with the bell strike, the mill's wheel moves slightly.
Measurements: h.cm 33.5x30.5x10.5. French manufacture from the early 19th century.