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A German tortoiseshell and silver altar clock, second quarter 18th century
The case of typical form with four moulded bun feet and multiple layers of mouldings to the plinth with central drawer, outset angles to the sides inlaid with foliage inhabited with birds, the top flanked by two finials of figures holding doves aloft flanking a tablet centred with a tortoiseshell cartouche inlaid with a coat of arms, the dial with applied silvered Roman chapter ring with half hour markers, central alarm disc and single pierced and chased hand, foliate engraved spandrels and front-swinging pendulum, the movement with going barrel and verge escapement, the alarm striking on a bell secured to the plain backplate; the case with restorations
21½in. (54.5cm.) high
The case of typical form with four moulded bun feet and multiple layers of mouldings to the plinth with central drawer, outset angles to the sides inlaid with foliage inhabited with birds, the top flanked by two finials of figures holding doves aloft flanking a tablet centred with a tortoiseshell cartouche inlaid with a coat of arms, the dial with applied silvered Roman chapter ring with half hour markers, central alarm disc and single pierced and chased hand, foliate engraved spandrels and front-swinging pendulum, the movement with going barrel and verge escapement, the alarm striking on a bell secured to the plain backplate; the case with restorations
21½in. (54.5cm.) high