Lot 282
An unusual George I period walnut bureau-bookcase, incorporating an automaton musical clock movement by Christopher Pinchbeck
Auction: 19 March 2008 at 11:00 GMT
Description
the upper portion with broken pediment and pierced brass fretwork incorporating musical trophies amongst exotic birds and foliage, enclosing painted dial signed CHRISTOPHER PINCHBECK, LONDON, the triple train movement with anchor escapement, the brass chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, pendulum and calendar apertures, subsidiary seconds and tune dials, painted with a lady and her lover to the arch, the lady playing the harp and the gentleman singing from a music sheet, with a glazed arched door above a pair of bevelled plate glass doors enclosing a cupboard, above a long drawer, the associated base with fall front enclosing drawers and pigeonholes above two long drawers on squared cabriole legs
Dimensions
92cm wide, 233cm high, 85cm deep
Footnote
Note: The musical elements of this clock are now missing.