Lot 16
A 19th century English gilt engraved brass miniature carriage timepiece with subsidiary seconds, 'The Ram' James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London No. 1737
13 July 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £4,480 inc. premium
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A 19th century English gilt engraved brass miniature carriage timepiece with subsidiary seconds, 'The Ram'
James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London No. 1737
Surmounted by a crisply cast and finished fern frond handle above a glazed escapement observation window enclosed by floral engraving on the stepped top, with four gadrooned finials on reeded Doric columns, the front and sides glazed and engraved, the back door plain and with sprung catch, supported on robust block feet. The silvered 1.75 inch Roman dial with elaborate floral fruit basket engraving to the centre and a subsidiary Arabic seconds dial, with foliate scroll half hours and blued steel moon hands, set in a floral gilt mask with engraved long-horned ram within foliate scrolls. The single chain fusee movement with maintaining power and jewelled underslung English lever escapement and monometallic balance wheel, the backplate engraved Jas McCabe No 1737 Royal Exchange London, with high count pinons and wheels of five crossings throughout the train. Ticking with winding key. 13cms (5ins) high
Surmounted by a crisply cast and finished fern frond handle above a glazed escapement observation window enclosed by floral engraving on the stepped top, with four gadrooned finials on reeded Doric columns, the front and sides glazed and engraved, the back door plain and with sprung catch, supported on robust block feet. The silvered 1.75 inch Roman dial with elaborate floral fruit basket engraving to the centre and a subsidiary Arabic seconds dial, with foliate scroll half hours and blued steel moon hands, set in a floral gilt mask with engraved long-horned ram within foliate scrolls. The single chain fusee movement with maintaining power and jewelled underslung English lever escapement and monometallic balance wheel, the backplate engraved Jas McCabe No 1737 Royal Exchange London, with high count pinons and wheels of five crossings throughout the train. Ticking with winding key. 13cms (5ins) high
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