Lot 72
A mid 18th century ebonised table clock bearing the signature D. Delander, London
14 – 15 July 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £5,000
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A mid 18th century ebonised table clock
bearing the signature D. Delander, London
The inverted bell top case with large ringed handle over a moulded cornice, front door with pierced quadrants and chamfered edges, the sides with tall arched glazed panels, to a moulded base on block feet, the six inch arched brass dial with (later?) recessed silvered signature plaque flanked by subsidiary dials for rise-and-fall regulation and strike/silent over a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, matted centre and date aperture. The twin gut fusee movement with five large knopped pillars, verge escapement and rack striking on a bell, the backplate centred by an engraved basket containing three apples within a pattern of symmetrical foliate scrolls, with engraved pendulum holdfast 46cms (18ins) high.
The inverted bell top case with large ringed handle over a moulded cornice, front door with pierced quadrants and chamfered edges, the sides with tall arched glazed panels, to a moulded base on block feet, the six inch arched brass dial with (later?) recessed silvered signature plaque flanked by subsidiary dials for rise-and-fall regulation and strike/silent over a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, matted centre and date aperture. The twin gut fusee movement with five large knopped pillars, verge escapement and rack striking on a bell, the backplate centred by an engraved basket containing three apples within a pattern of symmetrical foliate scrolls, with engraved pendulum holdfast 46cms (18ins) high.
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