ITALIAN GILTWOOD BRACKET CLOCK
18TH CENTURY
Auction: Day Two | Thurs 4th Sept at 10am | Lots 403 to 727
Description
the arched silvered brass dial with Roman numerals and Arabic five minute markers, with a subsidiary mock pendulum aperture and twin winding holes to the centre, with rococo gilt spandrels and cresting to the arch, in a giltwood and moulded gesso arched case with a brass carrying handle and four turned finials, raised on turned brass feet, the twin train chain fusee movement with anchor escapement striking a gong
Dimensions
61cm high [handle up], 36cm wide, 20cm deep
Provenance
The Estate of Peter D R Powell, East Lothian