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A fine mid 18th century gilt metal mounted burr walnut table clock Robert Higgs, London
13 July 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £11,520 inc. premium
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A fine mid 18th century gilt metal mounted burr walnut table clock
Robert Higgs, London
The stepped caddy top with substantial brass centre section, flanked by five ball-and-spire finials over a concave cornice supported by a well-cast Caryatid mount to each of the canted corners, terminating in a stepped brass base on cast block feet, the sides with shaped sound frets within brass frames. The seven inch arched brass dial with large date subsidiary over twin smaller subsidiaries for regulation (marked Adelantar and Atrafar) and strike/silent (Tocar/Silencio), the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring framing the finely matted centre carrying the shaped signature plaque, with fine blued steel hands. The movement with substantial plates united by six knopped pillars, pivotted verge escapement with rise-and-fall regulation, rack striking on a bell with trip repeat. Ticking, striking, together with a door key. 57cms (22.5ins) high.
The stepped caddy top with substantial brass centre section, flanked by five ball-and-spire finials over a concave cornice supported by a well-cast Caryatid mount to each of the canted corners, terminating in a stepped brass base on cast block feet, the sides with shaped sound frets within brass frames. The seven inch arched brass dial with large date subsidiary over twin smaller subsidiaries for regulation (marked Adelantar and Atrafar) and strike/silent (Tocar/Silencio), the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring framing the finely matted centre carrying the shaped signature plaque, with fine blued steel hands. The movement with substantial plates united by six knopped pillars, pivotted verge escapement with rise-and-fall regulation, rack striking on a bell with trip repeat. Ticking, striking, together with a door key. 57cms (22.5ins) high.
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Provenance:
Anthony Woodburn.