ENGLISH GILT BRASS REPEATING CARRIAGE CLOCK BY JAMES MCCABE, NO. 3506
MID 19TH CENTURY
£12,500
Auction: 5 March 2014 at 11:00 GMT
Description
the reeded loop handle over a bevelled glass panel top with repeat button to the right rear corner, above a silvered dial with Roman chapter ring and signed JAMES McCABE/ ROYAL EXCHANGE/ LONDON/ 3506 and further bevelled glass side panels; the eight day double fusee movement with an English lever platform escapement, repeating and striking on a gong
Dimensions
17cm high
Footnote
Provenance:
Property from a private Scottish collection of clocks
Purchased G.E. Marsh, Winchester, 1977