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"TABLEAU � MUSIQUE WITH MUSIC AND VESPERS" Mons. Wurtel, 12 Boulevard Bonne Nouvelle, Paris. Made circa 1860. Very fine eight day going, hour and half-hour striking musical clock painting, with echo on the hour, and vespers, the music playing one of four tunes every hour or on demand. C. Gilt wood framed oil on canvas, depicting a church in a rural wooded landscape with fi gures crossing a bridge. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Steel hands. M. 12.5 x 9.5 cm., rectangular, brass with going barrels both for the going and the striking trains, anchor escapement, pendulum with silk suspension, striking on a gong, additional brass movement for the two gong carillon with echo, 12 cm cylinder musical movement with four tunes playing on a single tuned steel comb. Signed on a card fi xed inside the frame. Dim. 77 x 90 cm.

"TABLEAU � MUSIQUE WITH VESPERS" French. Made circa 1860. Very fine, 8-day going, hour and half hour striking clock painting, with echo on the hour, and additional movement for vespers. C. Gilt wood framed oil on canvas, depicting a church with clock by an inn near a bridge, river and Alpine background. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Steel hands. M. Circular, brass with going barrels both for the going and the striking trains, platform cylinder escapement, pendulum with silk suspension, striking on a gong with count wheel on the back plate. Additional brass movement for the two-gong carillon with echo. Dim. 73 x 87 cm.

TABLEAU � MUSIQUE French. Made circa 1860. Fine, 8-day going, hour and half-hour striking clock painting. C. Gilt wood framed oil on canvas, depicting a church with clock high by an alpine river valley. D. White enamel, radial Roman numerals, outer minute track. Steel hands. M. 11 cm square, brass with going barrels both for the going and the striking trains, anchor escapement, brass bob pendulum with silk suspension, striking the hours and half-hours on a gong. Dim. 78 x 90 cm.