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A William IV engine-turned gilt-brass and gold-mounted carriage timepiece with seconds and calendar

VINER & CO., LONDON. CIRCA 1835

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A William IV engine-turned gilt-brass and gold-mounted carriage timepiece with seconds and calendar
Viner & Co., London. Circa 1835
The case with engine-turned panels to front, sides and top and with faceted columns to each angle, topped by fluted finials, the base with inverted breakfront sides and on faceted tapering feet, the patinated brass detachable rear door with securing screw to the movement back plate and with revolving brass cover for the winding hole, the silvered chapter disc with painted Roman numerals and engine-turned centre, small subsidiary seconds ring at XII, with blued steel moon hands, signed on two gold rectangular plaques VINER & CO. REGENT ST, above the subsidiary silvered day and date dials, with a gold plaque inscribed HANDS and corresponding setting square between, the single barrel movement with vertically positioned plain three arm lever balance to the back plate signed VINER & CO. 233 REGENT STREET London
4 3/8in. (11.4cm.) high to hilt of handle

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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

Lot Essay

Viner, Charles Edward. Apprenticed to Thomas Savage in 1802 he became Free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1813 and was a Liveryman from 1819-1840. The company Charles Edward Viner & Co. was in existence from 1828 but it is probable that Viner himself died in the 1840s.

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