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A late 18th century quarter chiming table clock Spencer and Perkins, London
16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£10,000 - £15,000
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A late 18th century quarter chiming table clock
Spencer and Perkins, London
The ebonised bell top case with applied gilt brass finials, mounts and sound frets, over the brass lined door with shaped aperture flanked by gilt brass terms, the sides fitted with cast frets and brass handles, raised on a plinth base with foliate feet, the signed enamel Roman and Arabic dial with subsidiary calendar dial below VI, set within a floral painted mask, the three train chain fusee movement with verge escapement, rack of eight graduated bells and hammers, a ninth bell for the hour, the movement raised on 'legs' and united by eight heavily knopped pillars, the signed backplate engraved with foliate scrolls. 65cms (25.5ins) high
The ebonised bell top case with applied gilt brass finials, mounts and sound frets, over the brass lined door with shaped aperture flanked by gilt brass terms, the sides fitted with cast frets and brass handles, raised on a plinth base with foliate feet, the signed enamel Roman and Arabic dial with subsidiary calendar dial below VI, set within a floral painted mask, the three train chain fusee movement with verge escapement, rack of eight graduated bells and hammers, a ninth bell for the hour, the movement raised on 'legs' and united by eight heavily knopped pillars, the signed backplate engraved with foliate scrolls. 65cms (25.5ins) high