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A late 17th century miniature brass lantern timepiece with alarm Signed for Windmills, London
8 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£8,000 - £12,000
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A late 17th century miniature brass lantern timepiece with alarm
Signed for Windmills, London
The small case with strapped bell over three low pierced foliate frets, the foremost engraved, set between four cast pillars with integral finials and squat ball feet, the 3.25 inch silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, half and quarter-hour markings, signed to the centre in a pair of curves around the silvered alarm setting disc, the blued steel hand with tail, the weight driven movement with verge escapement, knife edge suspension, spherical brass bob on a threaded iron wire, the alarm train mounted to the inside of the rear plate 20cm (8in) high.
The small case with strapped bell over three low pierced foliate frets, the foremost engraved, set between four cast pillars with integral finials and squat ball feet, the 3.25 inch silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, half and quarter-hour markings, signed to the centre in a pair of curves around the silvered alarm setting disc, the blued steel hand with tail, the weight driven movement with verge escapement, knife edge suspension, spherical brass bob on a threaded iron wire, the alarm train mounted to the inside of the rear plate 20cm (8in) high.