Lot 40*
A good early 19th century English brass weight driven alarm timepiece Thomas Simson, Hertford
16 December 2020, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,402.50 inc. premium
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A good early 19th century English brass weight driven alarm timepiece
Thomas Simson, Hertford
The 5 inch arched brass dial signed in a boss in the arch, the Roman chapter ring with inner quarter hour track and lozenge shaped half-hour marks, with single hand, the centre with alarm-setting subsidiary disc framed by a running band of foliage, the posted movement with verge escapement on a knife edge (apron missing), sounding the alarm on a double-headed hammer. With a later custom-made mahogany wall bracket and two lead weights. clock 17cm (6.5 ins high)
The 5 inch arched brass dial signed in a boss in the arch, the Roman chapter ring with inner quarter hour track and lozenge shaped half-hour marks, with single hand, the centre with alarm-setting subsidiary disc framed by a running band of foliage, the posted movement with verge escapement on a knife edge (apron missing), sounding the alarm on a double-headed hammer. With a later custom-made mahogany wall bracket and two lead weights. clock 17cm (6.5 ins high)
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