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A good late 19th century patinated bronze cased English carriage clock John Moore & Sons, London, 13707
16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £11,250 inc. premium
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A good late 19th century patinated bronze cased English carriage clock
John Moore & Sons, London, 13707
the facetted handle over heavy bevelled glass panels within canted front angles with finely cast scrolls to the shaped bracket base, the lift-out solid rear door with shuttered hand setting and winding squares, the one-piece silvered arched dial framed by an angled sight ring and decorated with interlaced strapwork, foliate scrolls and a running border, signed in a reserve John Moore and Sons, London 13707, the Roman numerals enclosing a silvered centre with quatrefoil blued steel hands, the substantial twin chain fusee movement with baluster turned pillars uniting the substantial plates, the large platform with engraved cock to a cut and compensated bimetallic balance and English lever escapement, striking on a circular-section coiled steel gong 25cms (10ins)
the facetted handle over heavy bevelled glass panels within canted front angles with finely cast scrolls to the shaped bracket base, the lift-out solid rear door with shuttered hand setting and winding squares, the one-piece silvered arched dial framed by an angled sight ring and decorated with interlaced strapwork, foliate scrolls and a running border, signed in a reserve John Moore and Sons, London 13707, the Roman numerals enclosing a silvered centre with quatrefoil blued steel hands, the substantial twin chain fusee movement with baluster turned pillars uniting the substantial plates, the large platform with engraved cock to a cut and compensated bimetallic balance and English lever escapement, striking on a circular-section coiled steel gong 25cms (10ins)
Footnotes
This case is more commonly associated with James McCabe and is almost certainly from the same workshop. Similar examples by McCabe are illustrated in Roberts 'Carriage and other Travelling Clocks', Schiffer 1993, chapter 20.