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A good mid 18th century ebonised quarter repeating table clock Alexander Cumming, London
16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£6,000 - £8,000
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A good mid 18th century ebonised quarter repeating table clock
Alexander Cumming, London
The bell topped case with central handle over shaped and circular silk-backed side frets on a plinth base to brass ogee bracket feet, the 6 inch arched brass dial signed in a shaped cartouche between the twin subsidiaries in the arch for rise-and-fall regulation and for strike/silent, scroll spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with finely matted centre and apertures for date and mock pendulum, the movement with twin gut (now wire) fusees to a verge escapement with rise and fall regulation and rack strike on the hour on a single bell, repeating the hours and quarters at will on six bells and hammers, the signed backplate 48cms (19ins) high.
The bell topped case with central handle over shaped and circular silk-backed side frets on a plinth base to brass ogee bracket feet, the 6 inch arched brass dial signed in a shaped cartouche between the twin subsidiaries in the arch for rise-and-fall regulation and for strike/silent, scroll spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with finely matted centre and apertures for date and mock pendulum, the movement with twin gut (now wire) fusees to a verge escapement with rise and fall regulation and rack strike on the hour on a single bell, repeating the hours and quarters at will on six bells and hammers, the signed backplate 48cms (19ins) high.