Lot 27
A late 18th century green-painted Neuchatel wall clock on original bracket The movement stamped FRF 353, the main case and wall bracket both stamped L550
15 December 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £4,000
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Find your local specialistA late 18th century green-painted Neuchatel wall clock on original bracket
The movement stamped FRF 353, the main case and wall bracket both stamped L550
Surmounted by a cast brass lantern over bead and scroll mounts, on C-scroll foliate supports, the shaped glazed door mounted with a triumphal wreath, torch and quiver of arrows, all set on the original shaped wall bracket and decorated all over with gilt six-pointed stars on a green ground, the nine and a half inch one-piece enamel dial with bold black Roman and Arabic numerals on a white ground with pierced gilt hands, the spring driven movement with rectangular plates with anchor escapement striking the hours on the hour on a large bell and the hours again on the half past on a smaller bell, operated via the polished steel rack strike work mounted on the backplate 100cms (3ft 3.5ins) high.
Surmounted by a cast brass lantern over bead and scroll mounts, on C-scroll foliate supports, the shaped glazed door mounted with a triumphal wreath, torch and quiver of arrows, all set on the original shaped wall bracket and decorated all over with gilt six-pointed stars on a green ground, the nine and a half inch one-piece enamel dial with bold black Roman and Arabic numerals on a white ground with pierced gilt hands, the spring driven movement with rectangular plates with anchor escapement striking the hours on the hour on a large bell and the hours again on the half past on a smaller bell, operated via the polished steel rack strike work mounted on the backplate 100cms (3ft 3.5ins) high.
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