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A good mid 19th century English engraved gilt bronze travelling timepiece The case by Lange, number 1227
16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,250 inc. premium
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A good mid 19th century English engraved gilt bronze travelling timepiece
The case by Lange, number 1227
Surmounted by a facetted handle supported on foliate scrolls within four engraved bud finials over a foliate cast cornice, bevelled glass panels and anthemion base, the solid rear door with sprung hinge and stamped to the underside edge, LANGE, the 1.75 inch silvered Roman dial with minute band enclosing a foliate engraved centre and blued steel moon hands, all set within a scroll engraved mask and gilt sight ring on bun feet, the chain fusee movement with maintaining power to the gilt platform with monometallic balance and English lever escapement 14cms (5.5ins) high
Surmounted by a facetted handle supported on foliate scrolls within four engraved bud finials over a foliate cast cornice, bevelled glass panels and anthemion base, the solid rear door with sprung hinge and stamped to the underside edge, LANGE, the 1.75 inch silvered Roman dial with minute band enclosing a foliate engraved centre and blued steel moon hands, all set within a scroll engraved mask and gilt sight ring on bun feet, the chain fusee movement with maintaining power to the gilt platform with monometallic balance and English lever escapement 14cms (5.5ins) high
Footnotes
Little is known of L. Lange save for the fact that he was an early maker of carriage clock cases. Allix and Bonnert (Carriage Clocks, ACC 1984, p443) note numbers from 108 up to 968, and mention is made of the fact that in the later multi-piece cases each of the glazed panels is first set in its own frame before it is slotted into the main case. Roberts (Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks, Schiffer, 1993,p347) further notes that Lange supplied the cases for some of the English carriage clock makers and illustrates an example numbered 1601.