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A CHARLES II EBONY TABLE CLOCK, CIRCA 1670
THE CASE WITH LUNETTE ARCHED TOP WITH REPOUSSé GILT-BRASS FOLIATE OPENWORK PANEL, SURMOUNTED BY URN FINIAL (ADAPTED) AND LATER GILT-BRONZE FEMALE FIGURES, ABOVE CONVEX MOULDINGS, WITH DOUBLE GLASS PANELS TO THE SIDES, THE FRONT DOOR FLANKED BY RECESSED RECTANGULAR PANELS, ON INVERTED BREAKFRONT BASE, RESTING ON ASSOCIATED ORMOLU RECUMBENT LIONS WITH SHIELDS TO THE FRONT AND ON BUN FEET TO THE REAR, THE 9½IN. (24CM.) SQUARE GILT-BRASS DIAL (DENTED TO BOTTOM LEFT CORNER) MOUNTED WITH WINGED CHERUB SPANDRELS AND APPLIED WITH A ROMAN CHAPTER RING ENGRAVED WITH ARABIC FIVE MINUTES, THE MATTED CENTRE WITH DATE APERTURE AND CUT STEEL HANDS, THE SIX PILLAR MOVEMENT WITH ALTERED VERGE ESCAPEMENT,6 HIGH POSITION OUTSIDE COUNTWHEEL WITH LATER DETENT, EXTERNAL RATCHET AND CLICKS TO THE BACKPLATE FINELY ENGRAVED WITH FLOWERS; LACKING BELL, MOVEMENT WITH ADAPTATIONS
27½IN. (70CM.) HIGH
PENDULE ANGLAISE EN BOIS NOIRCI ET ORNEMENTATION DE BRONZE CISELé ET DORé D'éPOQUE CHARLES II
THE CASE WITH LUNETTE ARCHED TOP WITH REPOUSSé GILT-BRASS FOLIATE OPENWORK PANEL, SURMOUNTED BY URN FINIAL (ADAPTED) AND LATER GILT-BRONZE FEMALE FIGURES, ABOVE CONVEX MOULDINGS, WITH DOUBLE GLASS PANELS TO THE SIDES, THE FRONT DOOR FLANKED BY RECESSED RECTANGULAR PANELS, ON INVERTED BREAKFRONT BASE, RESTING ON ASSOCIATED ORMOLU RECUMBENT LIONS WITH SHIELDS TO THE FRONT AND ON BUN FEET TO THE REAR, THE 9½IN. (24CM.) SQUARE GILT-BRASS DIAL (DENTED TO BOTTOM LEFT CORNER) MOUNTED WITH WINGED CHERUB SPANDRELS AND APPLIED WITH A ROMAN CHAPTER RING ENGRAVED WITH ARABIC FIVE MINUTES, THE MATTED CENTRE WITH DATE APERTURE AND CUT STEEL HANDS, THE SIX PILLAR MOVEMENT WITH ALTERED VERGE ESCAPEMENT,6 HIGH POSITION OUTSIDE COUNTWHEEL WITH LATER DETENT, EXTERNAL RATCHET AND CLICKS TO THE BACKPLATE FINELY ENGRAVED WITH FLOWERS; LACKING BELL, MOVEMENT WITH ADAPTATIONS
27½IN. (70CM.) HIGH
PENDULE ANGLAISE EN BOIS NOIRCI ET ORNEMENTATION DE BRONZE CISELé ET DORé D'éPOQUE CHARLES II