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A GERMAN GILT-BRONZE QUARTER-STRIKING TRAVEL CLOCK WITH ALARM, MID 18TH CENTURY
THE FRONT-PLATE ELABORATELY CAST WITH LEAF AND SCROLL DESIGNS AGAINST A STIPPLE GROUND, WITH SHELL AND CARTOUCHE CRESTING, THE SILVER DIAL WITH ROMAN NUMERALS WITHIN A ROSETTE MINUTE BAND AND ARABIC FIVE MINUTES WITHOUT ON THE APPLIED CHAPTER RING, WITH ALARM DISC TO THE CENTRE, SIGNED ON TWO PLAQUES JOH. H. LUEMER (?) NURNBERG, WITH PIERCED GILT-METAL HANDS (MINUTE LACKING), THE BACK BOX WITH SCROLL SUPPORTS TO THE REAR AND LOOP HANDLE TO THE TOP, THE REAR DOOR CENTRED BY A BELL, WITH FLORALLY ENGRAVED BORDER TO THE BACKPLATE, APPLIED WITH REGULATION DISC INSCRIBED RETARDE/AVANCE AND WITH NUMBERS 1-7, PIERCED AND ENGRAVED BALANCE COCK TO THE VERGE ESCAPEMENT, WITH ALARM AND QUARTER CHIMES VIA ENGRAVED HAMMERS
7½IN. (19CM.) HIGH
PENDULE DE VOYAGE ALLEMANDE EN BRONZE DORé, DU MILIEU DU XVIIIèME SIèCLE
THE FRONT-PLATE ELABORATELY CAST WITH LEAF AND SCROLL DESIGNS AGAINST A STIPPLE GROUND, WITH SHELL AND CARTOUCHE CRESTING, THE SILVER DIAL WITH ROMAN NUMERALS WITHIN A ROSETTE MINUTE BAND AND ARABIC FIVE MINUTES WITHOUT ON THE APPLIED CHAPTER RING, WITH ALARM DISC TO THE CENTRE, SIGNED ON TWO PLAQUES JOH. H. LUEMER (?) NURNBERG, WITH PIERCED GILT-METAL HANDS (MINUTE LACKING), THE BACK BOX WITH SCROLL SUPPORTS TO THE REAR AND LOOP HANDLE TO THE TOP, THE REAR DOOR CENTRED BY A BELL, WITH FLORALLY ENGRAVED BORDER TO THE BACKPLATE, APPLIED WITH REGULATION DISC INSCRIBED RETARDE/AVANCE AND WITH NUMBERS 1-7, PIERCED AND ENGRAVED BALANCE COCK TO THE VERGE ESCAPEMENT, WITH ALARM AND QUARTER CHIMES VIA ENGRAVED HAMMERS
7½IN. (19CM.) HIGH
PENDULE DE VOYAGE ALLEMANDE EN BRONZE DORé, DU MILIEU DU XVIIIèME SIèCLE