Rare Guilmet Mysterious Pendulum

"Rare Napoleon III Mysterious Clock" RARE NAPOLEON III MYSTERIOUS CLOCK with black marble and gilded bronze base topped with a bronze statue holding the pendulum. This rare pendulum system oscillating by shaking a statuette was patented by GUILMET, watchmaker in PARIS in 1867. The movement is signed GLT patented. Ink exhaust at 90° from the wheel. The fork maintaining the oscillations of the pendulum is placed in the platform on which the statue rests. Woman draped in Antique brandishing the pendulum ending in a crystal disc, oscillating when shaken. Around 1870-1880. In operating condition. Height: 67 cm Width: 26 cm Depth: 21cm. Bibliography: Clémenti, Guilmet's mysterious pendulum. Identical model reproduced in the Tardy page 489 and a similar model in the KJELLBERG French Clock, page 483. For more information do not hesitate to contact us on 06 08 92 54 55.