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A fine mid 19th century burr walnut quarter striking table clock Frodsham & Baker, Gracechurch Street, London
16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,750 inc. premium
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A fine mid 19th century burr walnut quarter striking table clock
Frodsham & Baker, Gracechurch Street, London
The architectural case with a turret set at each corner on a canted pilaster, surmounted by a castellated border and a central tower to the front, on a stepped base, further set on a plinth base with applied shield and quatrefoil panels, the sides with architectural pierced and carved sound frets, the back door with a brass fret, the 5.5 inch gilt dial with a silvered sight ring enclosing the gothic Roman numerals and minute band, signed along the lower edge, the centre elaborately engraved with floral scrolls, with blued steel matching hands, the large twin (wire) fusee movement with shouldered plates united by knopped pillars, with deadbeat escapement sounding the quarters and hours on two bells mounted on the backplate signed Frodsham Gracechurch Street, London 52cms (1ft 8ins) high.
The architectural case with a turret set at each corner on a canted pilaster, surmounted by a castellated border and a central tower to the front, on a stepped base, further set on a plinth base with applied shield and quatrefoil panels, the sides with architectural pierced and carved sound frets, the back door with a brass fret, the 5.5 inch gilt dial with a silvered sight ring enclosing the gothic Roman numerals and minute band, signed along the lower edge, the centre elaborately engraved with floral scrolls, with blued steel matching hands, the large twin (wire) fusee movement with shouldered plates united by knopped pillars, with deadbeat escapement sounding the quarters and hours on two bells mounted on the backplate signed Frodsham Gracechurch Street, London 52cms (1ft 8ins) high.
Footnotes
Frodsham and Baker were part of the great Frodsham horological dynasty. They ran premises at 31 Gracechurch Street from 1854 to 1863.