A spectacular, 20” (51 cm.) tall late 19th century gilt and silvered-bronze animated lighthouse clock. The rare and unusual gilt bronze case is shaped like an early lighthouse with decorative brickwork, a cast balustrade, several windows and a door, sitting upon a circular black Belgian marble base. The rotating top includes a timepiece, two thermometers and a barometer.
The four dials include a painted silvered time dial with Roman numerals, two painted silvered thermometer dials with semicircular tubes and a painted silvered barometer dial.
The eight-day time only movement is wound out the front and is adjusted for fast slow off the backplate.
The animation movement is located in the base, wound out the side and rotates the top for several hours.
PACKING & SHIPPING:
We will ship this via FedEx. Check our eBay feedbacks, you will see that we know how to pack and ship this safely to your door. We do our own packing and, so it is done right, using fresh, new materials, not stuff we picked out of a local dumpster.
Shipping boxes are heavy-duty, double-walled, and we utilize extra internal protection. Only the best, safest packing materials are utilized. Also, shipping costs went up a lot during the pandemic - so we can't compete with Amazon Prime's free shipping, but neither can they offer you such a fine antique or pack it the way we do.