Lot 134
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An early Victorian gilt-brass quarter striking giant carriage clock
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An early Victorian gilt-brass quarter striking giant carriage clock

ARNOLD'S CHARLES FRODSHAM, LONDON, NO. 995. CIRCA 1855

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An early Victorian gilt-brass quarter striking giant carriage clock
Arnold's Charles Frodsham, London, No. 995. Circa 1855
The case of typical heavy proportions with bevelled glasses to the sides and to the top with large reeded handle, the white enamel Roman chapter disc signed Charles Frodsham Clock Maker to the Queen 84 Strand London 995, blued steel fleur de lys hands, within a gilt mask intricately engraved with scrolling foliage and flower heads, the substantial twin chain fusee movement with five conicle double-screwed pillars, Harrison's maintaining power, large gilt lever platform with cut bimetallic compensated balance, quarter strike on two gongs with blued steel arrow-head strike/silent lever to the top left of the back-plate signed Arnold's Charles Frodsham Clock Maker to the Queen 84 Strand, London. 995
8½ ins (21.5 cm) high
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Lot Essay

Charles Frodsham acquired the Arnold business when John Roger Arnold died in 1843. Frodsham continued to use the Arnold name in conjunction with his own until 1857 when it was dropped and simply became Charles Frodsham.

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