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DESBOIS; LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
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A Victorian brass striking large carriage clock
Desbois; last quarter 19th century
The case on bun feet and with cluster columns to the angles surmounted by ball finials to the glazed stepped top with foliate cast handle, circular silvered Roman dial with pierced blued steel hands, within gilt mask signed Desbois, the five pillar twin chain fusee movement with Harrison's maintaining power, underslung platform lever escapement and strike on bell on backplate signed Desbois; the base of the case stamped 1216
7 ins. (17.9 cm) high
Desbois; last quarter 19th century
The case on bun feet and with cluster columns to the angles surmounted by ball finials to the glazed stepped top with foliate cast handle, circular silvered Roman dial with pierced blued steel hands, within gilt mask signed Desbois, the five pillar twin chain fusee movement with Harrison's maintaining power, underslung platform lever escapement and strike on bell on backplate signed Desbois; the base of the case stamped 1216
7 ins. (17.9 cm) high