Lot 33W
A rare mid 18th century ebonised quarter chiming thirty-hour longcase clock Jno. Brain, Oddingley
15 December 2009, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£6,000 - £9,000
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Jno. Brain, Oddingley
The hood with dome top over silk-lined sound fret, tapering columns with gilt capitals, the trunk with panelled door, gilt framed glazed lenticle on a rectangular base with moulded plinth and turned feet, the twelve inch square dial with crown and cherub spandrels, signed silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with fleur de lys half-hour markers and inner quarter track, foliate engraved centre with pierced blued steel hands to the substantial rope-driven birdcage movement with anchor escapement and countwheel striking on a large bell and large wooden carillon chiming the quarters on five bells 216cm (7ft1in) high.
The hood with dome top over silk-lined sound fret, tapering columns with gilt capitals, the trunk with panelled door, gilt framed glazed lenticle on a rectangular base with moulded plinth and turned feet, the twelve inch square dial with crown and cherub spandrels, signed silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with fleur de lys half-hour markers and inner quarter track, foliate engraved centre with pierced blued steel hands to the substantial rope-driven birdcage movement with anchor escapement and countwheel striking on a large bell and large wooden carillon chiming the quarters on five bells 216cm (7ft1in) high.
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