A FRENCH CARVED-WOOD STRIKING WALL COMPENDIUM
LATE 19TH CENTURY
CASE: the carved mask inscribed 'Millar Mommaerts', the white enamel thermometer (tube lacking) inset into the nose and flanked by clock and barometer set into the eyes DIALS: of white enamel with blued steel hands MOVEMENT: twin barrels with monometallic cylinder balance to platform escapement, rack strike on bell
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) wide; 5 in. (13 cm.) deep
A FRENCH CARVED-WOOD STRIKING WALL COMPENDIUM
LATE 19TH CENTURY
CASE: the carved mask inscribed 'Millar Mommaerts', the white enamel thermometer (tube lacking) inset into the nose and flanked by clock and barometer set into the eyes DIALS: of white enamel with blued steel hands MOVEMENT: twin barrels with monometallic cylinder balance to platform escapement, rack strike on bell
25 in. (63.5 cm.) high; 18 in. (46 cm.) wide; 5 in. (13 cm.) deep
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