18thC English Automaton Picture Clock

A George III period long case clock with green painted case and lacquered chinoiserie decoration. The steel clock face is signed by John Gibson of Thetford. Height 218cm

A fine quality George III mahogany linen press in the manner of Thos Chippendale C.1760, the flush fronted door panels with cross banded ovals, a chatting cornice with fluting and de...

A 17thC carved walnut term. A corner fragment from something. It could depict Paris of Troy enacting the myth the Judgement of Paris. Dimensions: H 42cm W 10cm D 8cm

A large and handsome mahogany press cupboard, the double doors above hold slides and below is a single shelf. In two parts with a simple cornice, and a plinth base. Dimensions; H 2...

This superb work of art combines the beauty of a painting with the mechanical complicities of an automaton and clock. Depicting a rural scene, the clock is integrated into the church, sitting within the giltwood and gesso frame. Also within the painting is automaton windmill, again integrated into the picture atop the windmill. The automaton runs off the clock, so requires no separate winding, The clock is a fine 8 day, fusee movement with gut string, with verge escapement...

A large well-detailed musical picture clock. The oil painting on canvas depicts a village scene in Europe with manor home, mountains at sunset in...

Musical automaton picture clock by Xavier Tharin, c. 1860 Paris, hand-colored lithographed scene depicting a Mediterranean harbor scene with abbey, ...

These painting clocks are very rare, especially containing the music box. Of Austrian manufacture circa 1820-1830, this Biedermeier picture (painting) clock is a naive and charming oil painting on metal, which depicts nine people dressed in colorful period clothes at various activities; a woman with her child and carrying fruit in a basket atop her head, two young lovers, a man in a boat, another man walking with his dog, while still another gentleman leaves the town hall. A woman at the window...