Lot 63
A rare late 17th century weight driven hooded wall clock Rich(ard) Tracy
11 July 2018, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,875 inc. premium
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A rare late 17th century weight driven hooded wall clock
Rich(ard) Tracy
the movement with brass top and bottom plates united by rectangular-section iron posts, the 6.25 inch diameter silvered Roman chapter ring with inner dotted quarter hour track and circular half-hour markers framed by engraved shaded corners around a geometrically decorated centre, with single pierced iron hand, the going train with verge escapement and short bob pendulum, the strike train with external iron countwheel operating a vertically mounted hammer with shaped stop piece and striking a bell mounted on a single post set horizontally to the backboard of the contemporary vernacular-made box-like case with sliding top cover The case 19cms (7.5ins) wide, the backboard 37cms (14.5ins) high.
the movement with brass top and bottom plates united by rectangular-section iron posts, the 6.25 inch diameter silvered Roman chapter ring with inner dotted quarter hour track and circular half-hour markers framed by engraved shaded corners around a geometrically decorated centre, with single pierced iron hand, the going train with verge escapement and short bob pendulum, the strike train with external iron countwheel operating a vertically mounted hammer with shaped stop piece and striking a bell mounted on a single post set horizontally to the backboard of the contemporary vernacular-made box-like case with sliding top cover The case 19cms (7.5ins) wide, the backboard 37cms (14.5ins) high.
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