Ormolu and Copper Marine Automaton Clock by Eude and Cailly, c.

France, with 3¼-inch (8,3 cm) engine-turned Roman dial, two-train movement No. "61 PD 2217", striking hours and quarters on bell, upper section with cold-painted automaton harbor scene of a sailing vessel tossed upon tissue-paper waves, going-barrel movement stamped "J.C. Cailly", "Eude" and "Breveté", pencil inscription "Alexandre 276", winding key concealed by a metal plug, the flared copper central section with ormolu mounts of shells and rushes, a pair of twin-tailed sea serpents coiled at the corners, on veneered base with boxwood inlay depicting mythical figures, sea serpents and ships, ht. 22 in. at tallest point x wd. 18 in. (56 x 45,5 cm), automaton in good working condition, clock movement untested, start/stop connection replaced. With two keys. - Horologists Pierre-Joseph Eude of Offranville and Jacques Cailly of St. Nicolas d'Alièremont appear in the "Bulletin des lois de la République Française 1837" for their Brevet of 27 May 1835 - a mechanism that simulated the action of a small boat upon the ocean, for use on clocks and other ornamental objects. The counterweighted mechanism creates a realistic rolling movement of the waves. - A rare and impressive piece.

布雷克拍品等级是为了方便竞买人判断拍卖品的成色而设置的。布雷克等级用1到6级来标注外观和功能的成色，(从非常好到非常差)。 在目录图册里用括号里的2个数字来表示，前一个数字表示外观成色的级别，后一个数字表示功能成色的级别。如(3/2)表示外观成色是3(满意的)，功能成色2(好)。 成色 定义参照下列标准： 1 - 非常好 (未使用过，没有使用痕迹) 2 - 好 (新，极少的使用痕迹) 3 - 满意的 (普通的使用痕迹) 4 - 及格的 (明显的使用痕迹，某个非主要部件是后配的) 5 - 有缺陷的 (极明显的使用痕迹, 某个主要部件是后配的，功能上有缺陷，需要修理) 6 - 非常差 (严重破损, 缺少重要部件)