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A late 18th century mahogany quarter chiming bracket clock with alarm John Taylor, London
16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £8,750 inc. premium
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A late 18th century mahogany quarter chiming bracket clock with alarm
John Taylor, London
The bell top with five urn finials and applied gilt brass moulding over gilt brass side handles and sunburst frets, the canted corners with applied floral mounts bordering the break arch door, over the plinth base with applied musical trophy and raised on acanthus scroll feet, the signed 7.5 inch brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring within foliate scroll spandrels, below the subsidiary strike/silent dial to the arch, the matted centre with shaped signature aperture, alarm setting disc and calendar aperture, the three train gut fusee movement with verge escapement, the quarters chiming on a rack of eight bells and striking on a ninth, the shaped backplate engraved with a basket of flowers amongst foliate scrolls, the backcock, brackets and alarm all engraved with conforming decoration. 60cm (23.5in)
The bell top with five urn finials and applied gilt brass moulding over gilt brass side handles and sunburst frets, the canted corners with applied floral mounts bordering the break arch door, over the plinth base with applied musical trophy and raised on acanthus scroll feet, the signed 7.5 inch brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring within foliate scroll spandrels, below the subsidiary strike/silent dial to the arch, the matted centre with shaped signature aperture, alarm setting disc and calendar aperture, the three train gut fusee movement with verge escapement, the quarters chiming on a rack of eight bells and striking on a ninth, the shaped backplate engraved with a basket of flowers amongst foliate scrolls, the backcock, brackets and alarm all engraved with conforming decoration. 60cm (23.5in)