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A William IV rosewood and gilt-brass mounted quarter-striking eight day five glass travel clock

CHARLES VINER, LONDON. CIRCA 1835

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A William IV rosewood and gilt-brass mounted quarter-striking eight day five glass travel clock
Charles Viner, London. Circa 1835
The case with scroll-ended faceted gilt-brass handle to a stepped top, bevelled glasses to top, front and sides and plain glass to rear door, with ripple cornice mouldings and bombé section above rectangular plinth raised on block feet, the gilt-brass sight ring engraved with triangular designs, to foliate scroll engraved dial, the plain chapter ring with flower-engraved half hour markers and painted Roman numerals, signed VINER 235 REGENT STREET LONDON, blued steel moon hands, the movement with rectangular plates, rear wound twin chain and fusees, high quality cut bimetallic lever balance with large platform with slow/fast calibration, quarter striking on two gongs, the back plate with strike/silent lever and repeat signature; case key
9 1/3 in. (23.5 cm.) high, handle down

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Lot Essay

COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
Derek Roberts, Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks, Pennsylvania, 1993, pp.332-333
Charles Edward Viner is described by Derek Roberts as 'undoubtedly one of the finest makers of the 19th Century'. Apprenticed to Thomas Savage in 1802, he became Free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1813. From 1819-1840 he was a Liveryman. The business is recorded from 1828-1869 and is recorded in Regent Street 1828-1850.

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