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198. 198W A late 19th century English gilt-metal mounted ebo…
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198. 198W A late 19th century English gilt-metal mounted ebo…
Estimate €2,000 - €3,000
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Description
198. 198W A late 19th century English gilt-metal mounted ebonised quarter chiming table clock
Robert Rolfe, 5, Gloucester Street, Clerkenwell, London
The bell top with swag mounts and urn finials over substantial cast side handles, mask soundfrets backed in red silk, corner term mounts and a stepped base on fancy scroll feet. The arched 8 inch dial with subsidiaries for regulation and strike/silent over the Roman chapter ring and finely matted centre with applied shield-shaped signature cartouche. The substantial triple chain fusee movement with anchor escapement sounding the hours on a blued steel coiled gong and chiming the quarters on a run of eight bells and hammers. Together with the pendulum and a crank winder. 61cm high, 43cm wide, 30cm deep
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