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200. 200W A late 19th century ebonised quarter chiming table…
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200. 200W A late 19th century ebonised quarter chiming table…
Estimate €700 - €1,000
Voluntary lot
Description
200. 200W A late 19th century ebonised quarter chiming table clock
Signed 'LFS'
The case surmounted by a brass carrying handle over a bell top, the sides with four brass shaped finials over a multi tier top, the sides with inlaid brass columns and silk backed sound frets terminating in a moulded base and further raised on brass ogee feet, the 8 inch brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring and matted centre framed by cast brass spandrels with two subsidiary dials, the left for pendulum regulation and the right for strike selection, the triple train movement striking the quarters on a run of four gongs and eight bells with an anchor escapement and three going barrels stamped to the backplate by the maker and numbered number 940.
52cm high, 34cm wide, 21cm deep
Provenance
Sotheby's Amsterdam, 13 December 2006, sale AM1016, lot 21.
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