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A rare 19th Century patinated and gilt brass wall hanging calendar timepiece in the manner of Thomas Cole James McCabe, London, no. 1744
13 July 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,280 inc. premium
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A rare 19th Century patinated and gilt brass wall hanging calendar timepiece in the manner of Thomas Cole
James McCabe, London, no. 1744
The frame cast with flowerheads, C-scrolls and foliage around a frosted gilt surround to an inner mask of engraved foliate scrolls centred by the head of an imp, the rear body of the case with rounded edge and screw-on back panel (sliding cover now lacking), set with a suspension hook.
The 2.5 inch silvered Roman dial with gilt floral edging enclosing a minute band and Roman numerals to a decorated centre with blued steel hands. Below the main dial sits a manually adjusted weekly calendar, the main table marked 1-31, with a rotating day-of-the-week drum; a mercury thermometer sits to the right hand side with silvered Fahrenheit and Reamur scales. The rectangular movement measuring 7cms x 5.5cms with chain fusee to a five-wheel train terminating in a lever escapement (cut and compensated bimetallic balance currently distorted), signed on a subplate Jas McCabe Royal Exchange, London, No. 1744. 21cms (8.25ins) high.
The frame cast with flowerheads, C-scrolls and foliage around a frosted gilt surround to an inner mask of engraved foliate scrolls centred by the head of an imp, the rear body of the case with rounded edge and screw-on back panel (sliding cover now lacking), set with a suspension hook.
The 2.5 inch silvered Roman dial with gilt floral edging enclosing a minute band and Roman numerals to a decorated centre with blued steel hands. Below the main dial sits a manually adjusted weekly calendar, the main table marked 1-31, with a rotating day-of-the-week drum; a mercury thermometer sits to the right hand side with silvered Fahrenheit and Reamur scales. The rectangular movement measuring 7cms x 5.5cms with chain fusee to a five-wheel train terminating in a lever escapement (cut and compensated bimetallic balance currently distorted), signed on a subplate Jas McCabe Royal Exchange, London, No. 1744. 21cms (8.25ins) high.