Lewis Walduck
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Lot 126*
A mid 18th century small brass posted-frame weight driven striking wall clock with alarm William Jourdain, London
2 July 2025, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £4,000
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A mid 18th century small brass posted-frame weight driven striking wall clock with alarm
William Jourdain, London
The case surmounted by a strapped bell (the bell with indistinct casting mark) flanked by frets over a pair of side doors within tapering Doric columns on ball feet, the rear set with a steel backplate and hook and spikes. The 7-inch arched brass dial with silvered Roman chapter ring and floating lozenge half-hour markers, enclosing a matted centre with silvered Arabic alarm-setting dial, framed by six cast spandrels, and signed to a silvered name plaque in the arch William Jourdain, London. The two-train weight-driven movement with verge escapement and short bob pendulum to the rear, striking the hours on the bell via an external countwheel. A separate alarm mechanism is mounted to the steel backplate and operated via a separate weight. Ticking and striking. 29cms (11.5ins) high.
The case surmounted by a strapped bell (the bell with indistinct casting mark) flanked by frets over a pair of side doors within tapering Doric columns on ball feet, the rear set with a steel backplate and hook and spikes. The 7-inch arched brass dial with silvered Roman chapter ring and floating lozenge half-hour markers, enclosing a matted centre with silvered Arabic alarm-setting dial, framed by six cast spandrels, and signed to a silvered name plaque in the arch William Jourdain, London. The two-train weight-driven movement with verge escapement and short bob pendulum to the rear, striking the hours on the bell via an external countwheel. A separate alarm mechanism is mounted to the steel backplate and operated via a separate weight. Ticking and striking. 29cms (11.5ins) high.
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