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A first half of the 18th century ebonised table clock with alarm Andrew Dunlop, London
8 July 2015, 14:00 BST
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A first half of the 18th century ebonised table clock with alarm
Andrew Dunlop, London
The turned handle over four tapering finials and a moulded cornice over long arched glazed side panels on a moulded base and brass ogee bracket feet, the 7 inch arched dial with silvered alarm-setting dial over the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with lozenge half-quarter marks enclosing the matted centre with mock pendulum aperture and chamfered date apertures each with engraved borders flanking the polished signature reserve, the twin gut fusee movement with verge escapement and rack strike on a bell, pull repeating the quarters on a run of six bells and hammers, sounding the alarm on a further pair of hammers, the backplate fully engraved with elaborate foliate scrolls and a basket of fruit flanked by birds, all contained within a stylised wheatear border 50cms (1ft 8ins) high.
The turned handle over four tapering finials and a moulded cornice over long arched glazed side panels on a moulded base and brass ogee bracket feet, the 7 inch arched dial with silvered alarm-setting dial over the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with lozenge half-quarter marks enclosing the matted centre with mock pendulum aperture and chamfered date apertures each with engraved borders flanking the polished signature reserve, the twin gut fusee movement with verge escapement and rack strike on a bell, pull repeating the quarters on a run of six bells and hammers, sounding the alarm on a further pair of hammers, the backplate fully engraved with elaborate foliate scrolls and a basket of fruit flanked by birds, all contained within a stylised wheatear border 50cms (1ft 8ins) high.