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An interesting first half of the 18th century ebony veneered table clock Thomas Finch, London
16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
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An interesting first half of the 18th century ebony veneered table clock
Thomas Finch, London
The inverted bell top with turned handle and four cone finials over rectangular and shaped side glazed panels to a moulded base on ogee bracket feet, the 7.75 inch arched brass dial with wide stylised wheatear border (the border running horizontally below the arch in the early manner), with strike/silent in the arch over a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with half-quarter marks and floating fleur de lys half hour marks, the matted centre with chamfered date aperture, mock pendulum aperture and additional (inoperative) strike/not strike lever, the twin fusee movement with thick plates united by five knopped and finned pillars with verge escapement and rack strike on a bell, the backplate with matching wheatear border framing an elaborate series of foliate scrolls, a basket of fruit and the uppercase signature within a scroll cartouche 51cms (20ins) high
The inverted bell top with turned handle and four cone finials over rectangular and shaped side glazed panels to a moulded base on ogee bracket feet, the 7.75 inch arched brass dial with wide stylised wheatear border (the border running horizontally below the arch in the early manner), with strike/silent in the arch over a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with half-quarter marks and floating fleur de lys half hour marks, the matted centre with chamfered date aperture, mock pendulum aperture and additional (inoperative) strike/not strike lever, the twin fusee movement with thick plates united by five knopped and finned pillars with verge escapement and rack strike on a bell, the backplate with matching wheatear border framing an elaborate series of foliate scrolls, a basket of fruit and the uppercase signature within a scroll cartouche 51cms (20ins) high