Mystery Clock – Robert-Houdin

This single hand Mystery Clock could be attributed to Robert-Houdin. The clock tells time with no apparent connection between the hand and the base. Robert-Houdin’s name (along with Paris) is etched

After Jean EugŽne Robert-Houdin. Glass Column Mystery Clock. Recreation of the famous French magicianÕs second series (or ÒdoubleÓ) mystery clock, without a visible or traditional connection betwe

An E. Robert Houdin ormolu bronze and marble clock garniture set consisting of a central mantle clock with ormolu foliate and instrument decoration surrounded by marble panels and crested with birds,

Houdin Figural Mystery Swinger Clock. 6.25 in. dia. reverse painted glass dial with black Roman hour numerals, arrow style hands, a brass disc center with small unusual pinwheel mystery escapement and

Rare Houdin Glass Dial Mystery Swinger Clock. Heavy 7 in. beveled glass dial signed "Ch. Schwalb Lutzenrath, Bruges", has reverse gilt painted hour numerals, pierced decorated and engraved gilt hands

E. Robert-Houdin Signed 19 th Century French Mantle Clock,Stamped 1873 as well as 493. Painted Roman numerals on a pink painted face dial in a brass casting. 14 inch highclock has five painted plaques

Set of four books: -AA.VV., Clocks & Watches: 600 Years of the World's Most Beautiful Timepieces . Dial Press, 1975. -ROBERTS, D., Mystery, Novelty, and Fantasy Clocks (Schiffer Book for Collectors).

The patinated spelter allegory of Science after Auguste Moreau holding aloft a suspension mechanism suspending a high quality nickel steel and brass gridiron with machined brass bezel enclosing a bron

Figural Torsion Pendulum Mystery Clock. 28 in. standing spelter figure of a woman wearing spring garments, she holds the pendulum up in one hand and a nest with a bird in the other beside her hip; the

Estate / Collection: Property from The Estate of Donald D. MacDermid Sold to Benefit TASIS The American School In Switzerland Quartz, blue lacquer detail, mirror dial, signed Cartier, case no. 9118060

Rare French Conical Pendulum Mystery Clock, in the form of a Weaver Bernoux of Paris, circa 1875. Black marble, bronze statue is after culptor, Auguste Nadaud. 8-day movement with an hour and half-hou

The large and striking winged male figure upon roiling clouds after a French sculptor of note and bearing a Paris founder's mark stands on a rouge colored turned wood base with upraised arm suspending

Large 45" 19th Century French Figural Mystery Clock After Rossi 19th Century French Spelter Figural Mystery Clock After Rossi on a Marble Base. The clock has a black orb form body with gothic style Ro

Antique Guilmet Mystery Clock. Black slate case statue of women holding glass bobbed gilt pendulum. Brass moldings with lion head on sides. 5" dial with gilt roman numerals. Beveled glass. Signed move

Ansonia Figural Swinging Mystery Clock - Fortuna. Large cast spelter figure of the goddess Fortuna rising up on the wind with a winged putti beside her, she holds a torch in her left hand from which t

Standing figure of the goddess of fortune, accompanied by a marble cherub. Marks: movement signed AnsoniaCondition: goodDimensions: 29"t

In gray marble case with gilt lion masks mounted at sides, gilt bezel and lion paw feet, surmounted with spelter figural group of Venus & Cupid with gilt and crystal pendulum. Marble dial with brass R

Title: Imperial Faberge Mystery Clock - 24k Gold Plated, Crystal, PearlsSize: 7 inches wide and 9 inches tall Description: The Mystery Clock by the House of Faberge was distributed through the Frankli

Ansonia Figural Swinging Mystery Clock - Fortuna. Large cast spelter figure of the goddess Fortuna rising up on the wind with a winged putti beside her, she holds a torch in her left hand from which t

A LATE 19TH CENTURY ORMOLU AND WHITE MARBLE LYRE SHAPED SWINGING MYSTERY CLOCK with sun and swagwork cresting on a stepped oval base with decorative borders and bun feet. The drum shaped movement with

MORETTO, Toni (Italian, 1929-2011). Robert-Houdin Sculpture. Italy: Lo Scricciolo, ca. 1995. Caricaturish porcelain likeness of the “father of modern magic” seated at a table on which rest

Conjuring.- Houdini (Harry) The Unmasking of Robert-Houdin, first edition, presentation copy signed twice by the author, numerous illustrations, hinges weak and index/list of illustrations detached at

ANDRE ROMAIN GUILMET. A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH FIGURAL MYSTERY CLOCK the gilt spelter figure holding a glass bob pendulum above an onyx base with ormolu mounts enclosing a 4" dial with applied gilt

Ansonia Figural Swinging Mystery Clock - Diana. Large cast spelter figure of Diana, the goddess of the hunt, holding a bow and arrow quiver beside her left hip and a post in her right hand from which