antique french musical picture clock

Antique French musical picture clock.

Robert a' Paris. Circa 1840Oil painting on canvas of a country scene with the river Rhine,mountains and a town in the distance before a village with travellers on a road passing through an arch under the clock tower. In its original gilded gesso frame.There is a label inside, written by hand " View of the Rhine, with clock plays fine airs by Copeland "The clock movement by Robert, Paris is an 8-day French movement with silk suspension, striking the hours and the halves on a gong, after the hour has struck the clock activates the music which plays one of 2 tunes. The music can also be operated at will from the lever protruding out of the frame and the tune can be changed via a second lever.There is a further hand written label stating the tunes.CoblenzAirsNo.1. In tic tac in Moulin ??No. 2 March la NapolionDimensions;39.5 inches wide, 33.25" high, 7.5" deep.Ref 3678 Antique clock s, anitque watches , antique jewlery bought and sold.   We are now only operating as an Internet shop on www. antiques.co.uk , as these huge overheads with a bricks and mortar premises are no longer viable. We are passing on these savings to our customers making the prices more reasonable. Having turned to the internet and finding that all over heads are kept to a absolute minimum we realised that this is the best forward for any antique dealer or collector to display their items to an enormous audience globally open 24 hours a day seven days a week. We hope you enjoy all our uniquely chosen items here on WWW. antiques.co.uk

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