GEORGIAN STYLE EBONISED AND GILT BRASS QUARTER STRIKING AND CHIMING TABLE CLOCK
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
Auction: Session Two - Thursday 20th February at 10am
Description
the gilt break arch dial with silver chapter ring with Roman numerals and Arabic five minute markers, signed ‘Mackay, Cunningham & Co, Edinburgh’, the arch with subsidiary ‘Chime/Silent’ and ‘Westminster Chimes/Chime on 8 Bells/Chime on 10 Bells’ dials, the large bell top case with flaming urn finials, the front dial flanked by caryatid appliques, the sides with pierced Rococo style gilt brass grills and a pair of swing handles, on cast scroll bracket feet, the triple train chain fusee movement striking the hour on a large coiled blued steel gong, striking the quarters on four coiled blued steel gongs and playing on a pin wheel activated nest of ten bells
Dimensions
37cm wide, 62cm high, 30cm deep