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A CHINESE MINIATURE BRASS STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH DUPLEX ESCAPEMENT
- 19TH CENTURY

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A CHINESE MINIATURE BRASS STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH DUPLEX ESCAPEMENT
19TH CENTURY
Price Realized
(Set Currency)
  • £3,125
  • ($5,097)
  • Price includes buyer's premium
Estimate
    £5,000 - £8,000
  • ($8,210 - $13,136)

Sale Information

Sale 7762
Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art
3 November 2009
London, King Street





Lot Description

A CHINESE MINIATURE BRASS STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH DUPLEX ESCAPEMENT
19th Century
CASE: with brass handle, arched glazed side panels and on brass bracket feet
DIAL: blue enamel with gilt-painted borders and green and red painted decoration to the white enamel chapter disc, inscribed 'London' to the arch, blued steel hands
MOVEMENT: with twin chain fusees, engraved balance cock for steel balance to duplex escapement, rack strike on replaced bell, finely engraved back plate with 'nonsense' signature; winding key
7¾ in. (20 cm.) high, handle down; 5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) wide; 3¾ in. (9.5 cm.) deep

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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium

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