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An early 18th century quarter-chiming and repeating table clock in a later 18th century case Joseph Windmills London
16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£5,000 - £7,000
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An early 18th century quarter-chiming and repeating table clock in a later 18th century case
Joseph Windmills London
the 7.5 inch arched brass dial with strike/silent lever at X, the date dial flanked by mask quadrants and centred by a recessed engraved star over engraved foliate scrolls, mask spandrels and a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring enclosing the matted centre with signature reserve and mock pendulum aperture with facetted mirrored glass bob, the triple gut fusee movement with eight knopped and finned pillars, knife-edge verge escapement striking the hours on a bell and chiming the quarters on a run of six bells and hammers (one hammer loose), the backplate with a stylised wheatear border framing a florid pattern of foliate scrolls, fruit and flowers centred by a basket of fruit and signature, now contained in a later 18th century mahogany case surmounted by a well cast handle and four cone finials, raised on block feet 59cms (23ins) high
the 7.5 inch arched brass dial with strike/silent lever at X, the date dial flanked by mask quadrants and centred by a recessed engraved star over engraved foliate scrolls, mask spandrels and a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring enclosing the matted centre with signature reserve and mock pendulum aperture with facetted mirrored glass bob, the triple gut fusee movement with eight knopped and finned pillars, knife-edge verge escapement striking the hours on a bell and chiming the quarters on a run of six bells and hammers (one hammer loose), the backplate with a stylised wheatear border framing a florid pattern of foliate scrolls, fruit and flowers centred by a basket of fruit and signature, now contained in a later 18th century mahogany case surmounted by a well cast handle and four cone finials, raised on block feet 59cms (23ins) high