Lot 42
An 18th Century brass-bound ebonised two-tune table clock playing on eight bells and sixteen hammers. Together with a later wall bracket. Richard Wilson, London
13 July 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,200 inc. premium
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An 18th Century brass-bound ebonised two-tune table clock playing on eight bells and sixteen hammers. Together with a later wall bracket.
Richard Wilson, London
The inverted bell top case with foliate cast handle over a deep cornice, the front glazed door with gilt floral quadrant sound frets, similar to the rear, the sides with fish-scale frets backed in silk, on a plinth base and brass block feet.
The eight inch arched brass dial with tune selection in the arch offering A Minuet or A March over two levers for Strike/Not Strike and Chime/not Chime, the Roman and Arabic chapter ring framing the finely matted centre with mock pendulum and calendar apertures.
The triple chain fusee movement with thick plates united by knopped pillars, now with deadbeat escapement mounted on the backplate, rack striking on a bell, and playing the tunes on a run of eight bells and sixteen hammers, the backplate signature set within elaborate interlaced foliate scrolls and a line border. Ticking, striking and chiming, together with a pendulum and crank winding key, also with a substantial ebonised double-support wall bracket with moulded edge. (2) The clock case 57cms (22.5ins) high. The wall bracket adding a further 37cms (14.5ins).
The inverted bell top case with foliate cast handle over a deep cornice, the front glazed door with gilt floral quadrant sound frets, similar to the rear, the sides with fish-scale frets backed in silk, on a plinth base and brass block feet.
The eight inch arched brass dial with tune selection in the arch offering A Minuet or A March over two levers for Strike/Not Strike and Chime/not Chime, the Roman and Arabic chapter ring framing the finely matted centre with mock pendulum and calendar apertures.
The triple chain fusee movement with thick plates united by knopped pillars, now with deadbeat escapement mounted on the backplate, rack striking on a bell, and playing the tunes on a run of eight bells and sixteen hammers, the backplate signature set within elaborate interlaced foliate scrolls and a line border. Ticking, striking and chiming, together with a pendulum and crank winding key, also with a substantial ebonised double-support wall bracket with moulded edge. (2) The clock case 57cms (22.5ins) high. The wall bracket adding a further 37cms (14.5ins).
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