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A fine mid 18th century brass mounted ebonised quarter chiming table clock James Upjohn, London
16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£8,000 - £12,000
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A fine mid 18th century brass mounted ebonised quarter chiming table clock
James Upjohn, London
The bell top case set with five matching finials over side handles, pierced and engraved quadrant sound-frets and side glazed apertures flanked by female term mounts to all four corners, on a shaped brass-banded plinth to scroll feet, the arched brass dial with strike/silent subsidiary set between scroll mounts over the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with scroll spandrels, the matted centre with shaped recessed silvered signature plaque and date aperture, the substantial triple fusee movement with verge escapement rack striking the hours on a single bell and chiming the quarters on a run of six bells, with pull repeat facility, the backplate engraved with a rococo Chinoiserie scene of a pagoda on a bridge within scrollwork 61cms (24ins) high
The bell top case set with five matching finials over side handles, pierced and engraved quadrant sound-frets and side glazed apertures flanked by female term mounts to all four corners, on a shaped brass-banded plinth to scroll feet, the arched brass dial with strike/silent subsidiary set between scroll mounts over the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with scroll spandrels, the matted centre with shaped recessed silvered signature plaque and date aperture, the substantial triple fusee movement with verge escapement rack striking the hours on a single bell and chiming the quarters on a run of six bells, with pull repeat facility, the backplate engraved with a rococo Chinoiserie scene of a pagoda on a bridge within scrollwork 61cms (24ins) high