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A fine early 19th century brass-mounted mahogany musical longcase clock with deadbeat escapement with choice of seven tunes on twelve bells and hammers Barraud, London
8 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,625 inc. premium
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A fine early 19th century brass-mounted mahogany musical longcase clock with deadbeat escapement with choice of seven tunes on twelve bells and hammers
Barraud, London
The arched hood set with a pierced brass sound fret of running foliage on brass-mounted and stop-fluted Corinthian columns, flanked by side doors with fish-scale side frets (the right hand fret hinged to allow access to the tune selection dial set to the side of the movement), over inlaid and engraved crossed branches, the trunk door with similar inlaid decoration and flanked by matching columns, on a panelled base with recessed centre panel over an apron and block feet, the 14 inch white painted convex Roman dial with minute track and lozenge five minute markers, with good original gilt and engraved hands, the massive weight driven three-train movement with rectangular plates united by six knopped pillars, the going train with deadbeat escapement striking the hours on a bell each hour, and playing one of seven tunes on twelve bells and hammers every three hours 220cm (7ft 2in)
The arched hood set with a pierced brass sound fret of running foliage on brass-mounted and stop-fluted Corinthian columns, flanked by side doors with fish-scale side frets (the right hand fret hinged to allow access to the tune selection dial set to the side of the movement), over inlaid and engraved crossed branches, the trunk door with similar inlaid decoration and flanked by matching columns, on a panelled base with recessed centre panel over an apron and block feet, the 14 inch white painted convex Roman dial with minute track and lozenge five minute markers, with good original gilt and engraved hands, the massive weight driven three-train movement with rectangular plates united by six knopped pillars, the going train with deadbeat escapement striking the hours on a bell each hour, and playing one of seven tunes on twelve bells and hammers every three hours 220cm (7ft 2in)
Footnotes
The tunes comprise; "Gramachre Molly, German Waltz, 104th Psalm, Corn Riggs are Bonny, Yellow Haird Laddie, March in Blue Beard" and another