Set Reminder2018-05-18 03:00:002018-05-18 03:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : The David Baldwin Magic Collection II https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/the-david-baldwin-magic-collection-ii-22012 The second offering from David Baldwin's collection features automatons, magic apparatus (both vintage and modern), ephemera, Houdiniana, stone lithographs, broadsides, and mystery clocks.
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Robert-Houdin Square Dial Mystery Clock. Paris, mid-nineteenth century. Two-handed glass dial mystery clock, beveled dial bearing Roman and Arabic numerals, the former within a shield form, dotted minute track, signed ?Henry Robert (Houdin)/Rue De Vendome,? surmounted by an armorial ornament (presently detached) and contained within a gilt frame elevated by a pair of swans on a marble platform. Overall height 12?. Frame 9 ? x 7?. Base 10 ? x 6 ??. Slight losses to gilt finish, bottom dust plate probably replaced, but overall a wonderful and original piece.