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A good and rare late 19th Century gilt metal mounted quarter chiming ebonised table clock of small size Lambert, Coventry St, London
8 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,000 inc. premium
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A good and rare late 19th Century gilt metal mounted quarter chiming ebonised table clock of small size
Lambert, Coventry St, London
The bell top set with swag mounts and five finials over pierced sound frets a moulded plinth base and scroll feet, the 4.75 inch arched brass dial with twin subsidiaries for 'Chime/Silent' and 'Chime on eight bells/Cambridge chimes' over a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, matted centre and applied nameplate, the triple chain fusee movement with anchor escapement striking the hours on a coiled steel gong and chiming the quarters on a run of eight bells and hammers 42cms (16.5cms) to the top of the finial
The bell top set with swag mounts and five finials over pierced sound frets a moulded plinth base and scroll feet, the 4.75 inch arched brass dial with twin subsidiaries for 'Chime/Silent' and 'Chime on eight bells/Cambridge chimes' over a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, matted centre and applied nameplate, the triple chain fusee movement with anchor escapement striking the hours on a coiled steel gong and chiming the quarters on a run of eight bells and hammers 42cms (16.5cms) to the top of the finial
Footnotes
A "Memorandum for Setting up a Chime Clock", the original setting up instructions, are still pasted to the inside of the rear door.