Lot 42
A good late 18th century brass mounted mahogany musical table clock John Taylor, London
11 July 2018, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £8,125 inc. premium
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A good late 18th century brass mounted mahogany musical table clock
John Taylor, London
The bell topped case with five finials (one replaced) over mask-centred cast brass sound frets to a plinth base with heavy brass banding on scroll feet, the 8 inch arched brass dial signed in a shaped silvered recess flanked by twin subsidiaries for Chime/not Chime and Hornpipe/March, over the Roman and Arabic dial with concentric date hand, the substantial gut fusee movement with knife edge verge escapement striking the hours on a bell and sounding the quarters on a run of eight bells and hammers, the backplate with foliate scroll engraving centred by a stylised urn 60cms (2ft) high.
The bell topped case with five finials (one replaced) over mask-centred cast brass sound frets to a plinth base with heavy brass banding on scroll feet, the 8 inch arched brass dial signed in a shaped silvered recess flanked by twin subsidiaries for Chime/not Chime and Hornpipe/March, over the Roman and Arabic dial with concentric date hand, the substantial gut fusee movement with knife edge verge escapement striking the hours on a bell and sounding the quarters on a run of eight bells and hammers, the backplate with foliate scroll engraving centred by a stylised urn 60cms (2ft) high.
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A similar example was sold in these rooms on the 19 June 2007, lot 93.
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