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CIRCA 1780 AND LATER
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A DUTCH BRASS-MOUNTED EBONY AND EBONISED STRIKING AND MUSICAL TABLE CLOCK
CIRCA 1780 AND LATER
The case with brass lined inverted bell top (finials and top-plate later) and front and rear doors, carrying handle to each glass panelled side, brass bound plinth with bracket feet, brass dial with Indian mask spandrels to silvered chapter ring, matted centre with mock pendulum and date aperture, blued steel hands, subsidiary rings for slaan/niet slaan and speelen/niet speelen (latter currently not connected to the movement), rolling moonphase and tune selection to the arch (Scarremoes/Prins Eugenius MARS/dMerleton/de Boonties/Onr.Toomsweg/Malburgs MARS), the eight day movement with seven pillars (lower two threaded), converted to anchor escapement, Dutch rack strike on two bells, music via 21.5 cm. long pinned barrel and twenty-eight hammers on fourteen bells positioned across the top of the engraved backplate, trip repeats for strike and music; door key; pendulum
67 cm. high
CIRCA 1780 AND LATER
The case with brass lined inverted bell top (finials and top-plate later) and front and rear doors, carrying handle to each glass panelled side, brass bound plinth with bracket feet, brass dial with Indian mask spandrels to silvered chapter ring, matted centre with mock pendulum and date aperture, blued steel hands, subsidiary rings for slaan/niet slaan and speelen/niet speelen (latter currently not connected to the movement), rolling moonphase and tune selection to the arch (Scarremoes/Prins Eugenius MARS/dMerleton/de Boonties/Onr.Toomsweg/Malburgs MARS), the eight day movement with seven pillars (lower two threaded), converted to anchor escapement, Dutch rack strike on two bells, music via 21.5 cm. long pinned barrel and twenty-eight hammers on fourteen bells positioned across the top of the engraved backplate, trip repeats for strike and music; door key; pendulum
67 cm. high
Provenance
Christie's London, 2 June 1980, lot 117
Special notice
Christie’s charges a premium to the buyer on the Hammer Price of each lot sold at the following rates: 29.75% of the Hammer Price of each lot up to and including €20,000, plus 23.8% of the Hammer Price between €20,001 and €800.000, plus 14.28% of any amount in excess of €800.000. Buyer’s premium is calculated on the basis of each lot individually.
Sale room notice
Please note the second line of the catalogue description should read:
CIRCA 1780 AND LATER; CASE AND MOVEMENT ASSOCIATED
CIRCA 1780 AND LATER; CASE AND MOVEMENT ASSOCIATED