$11,685
Gilt-framed Musical Automaton Picture Clock Depicting a Farrier's Shop, attributed to Xavier Tharin, c. 1880, elaborately decorated arch-top giltwood and gesso frame with two cherub-like figures flanking the 4-in. Roman numeral porcelain dial in the arch, hand-colored lithograph depicting a farrier's shop, a village scene in the distance with automaton maiden washing the laundry on the river bank, a procession of villagers along the streets, and a train passing over the canal, the shop depicting two smiths working on an anvil, one operating the bellows, a farrier shoeing a horse while the horse's head nods, and a dog wagging its tail, eight-day time and gong-strike clock movement, single-air pull-string cylinder musical movement, two separate spring or going barrels operate the pulley systems, ht. 43, wd. 37 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-10-31
