Lot 337
GEORGIAN STYLE EBONISED AND GILT BRASS REPEATING, QUARTER STRIKING AND CHIMING TABLE CLOCK
LATE 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Five Centuries Day Two | Thurs 12th November | Lots 323 to 579
Description
the 7½ inch gilt brass dial with silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals and Arabic five minute markers, matted centre, pierced floral spandrels, the arch with three subsidiary dials ‘Chime/Silent’, ‘Slow/Fast’ and ‘Chime on 8 bells/Cambridge Chimes’, the ebonised case with a domed caddy top surmounted by a berry finial and four to the angles, the dial flanked by canted angles with trophy appliques, the sides with a pair scallop moulded swing handles above pierced Rococo sound frets, on a stepped plinth base on c-scroll bracket feet, the side with a cord pull repeat, the triple train chain fusee movement striking on a large coiled steel gong, chiming on a pin wheel activated nest of eight bells
Dimensions
74cm high, 48cm wide, 29cm deep