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A fine late 18th century ebonised six tune musical clock with automata Stephen Rimbault, London
8 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £27,500 inc. premium
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A fine late 18th century ebonised six tune musical clock with automata
Stephen Rimbault, London
The bell top case mounted with three brass filets and five brass pineapple finials, over the brass lined arched front door, brass side handles and reticulated sound frets, raised on a brass bound plinth base and four substantial cast bracket feet, the 7.5 inch Roman and Arabic dial with subsidiary strike/silent and tune selection dial inscribed Corillion, Cassino, Minuet (twice), Air de Julie and March, beneath the arch fitted with an automata procession depicting herds of cows and sheep with attendant herders and dogs within a wooded vista with rustic buildings and bridge to the background, the signed three train fusee movement with verge escapement with the 6.5 inch pin barrel working 25 hammers on 12 bells on the hour and via the trip repeat, the backplate engraved with foliate scrolls centred on a cartouche signed 'Stepn. Rimbault, London' 61cm (24in)
The bell top case mounted with three brass filets and five brass pineapple finials, over the brass lined arched front door, brass side handles and reticulated sound frets, raised on a brass bound plinth base and four substantial cast bracket feet, the 7.5 inch Roman and Arabic dial with subsidiary strike/silent and tune selection dial inscribed Corillion, Cassino, Minuet (twice), Air de Julie and March, beneath the arch fitted with an automata procession depicting herds of cows and sheep with attendant herders and dogs within a wooded vista with rustic buildings and bridge to the background, the signed three train fusee movement with verge escapement with the 6.5 inch pin barrel working 25 hammers on 12 bells on the hour and via the trip repeat, the backplate engraved with foliate scrolls centred on a cartouche signed 'Stepn. Rimbault, London' 61cm (24in)