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AN ITALIAN BURR WALNUT AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED QUARTER-STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH ALARM

FRANCESCO ORAZI, MID 18TH CENTURY

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AN ITALIAN BURR WALNUT AND ORMOLU-MOUNTED QUARTER-STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH ALARM
FRANCESCO ORAZI, MID 18TH CENTURY
The case with brass handle to moulded top, foliate mounts and glazed side panels, the brass dial with ormolu crossed sword and crown mounts to silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with leaf sprig half hour markers, matted centre with mock pendulum aperture and silvered alarm-setting disc, blued steel hands, the arch with silvered subsidiary ring also with matted centre and signed Francesco Orazi above Sona/Non Sona regulation, the twin barrel movement with rectangular plates joined by four ringed and back-pinned pillars, verge escapement with silk suspension, quarter strike, repeat and alarm on two bells with three hammers; pendulum, key
48.5 cm. high, handle down

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Christie's charge a premium to the buyer on the final bid price of each lot sold at the following rates: 23.8% of the final bid price of each lot sold up to and including €150,000 and 14.28% of any amount in excess of €150,000. Buyers' premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.

Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Tardy, French Clocks, Clocks The World Over, Part Four, Paris, 1981, p.502.

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