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Lot 60W
A good late 17th Century 30-hour longcase movement with short verge bob escapement and nine-inch engraved dial. Now contained in an associated case.
8 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£2,500 - £3,500
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A good late 17th Century 30-hour longcase movement with short verge bob escapement and nine-inch engraved dial. Now contained in an associated case.
The nine inch square brass dial bordered by a single line border enclosing large flowerheads and foliage to the corners, the centre further engraved with an urn of flowers filling the centre, set over a chamfered date aperture, the silvered chapter ring with outer Arabic minute track,'wheatear' half hour marks and an inner quarter hour track, with two blued steel hands, the weight driven movement with nearly square plates measuring 7and1/8th ins by 7ins, united by four knopped pillars pinned to the backplate, the four wheel going train with verge escapement, the strike train with outside countwheel mounted on the backplate striking on a large vertical bell, the long steel hammer mounted on a pair of brass extension pieces to the side of the movement the associated mid 18th century country-made case with square topped hood over turned three-quarter columns and narrow door with ogee arched top, dated 1749 below the initials DE 1.89m (6ft 2.5ins) high