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AN AUSTRIAN MARQUETRY INLAID FRUITWOOD GRANDE SONNERIE STRIKING WALL CLOCK WITH ALARM, ON STAND, SECOND QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
THE SQUARE CASE WITH CANTED BORDERS, WITH ORMOLU HANDLE TO THE TOP TERMINATING IN SWAN HEADS, ABOVE REPEAT BUTTON, THE SIDES WITH GROOVES SLIDING ON TO A MOULDED AND STEPPED RECTANGULAR BASE WITH CONFORMING DECORATION (BLOCKS LATER) AND ON BUN FEET (LACKING TO REAR), THE ORMOLU DIAL WITH ENGINE-TURNED CENTRE AND BLACK-PAINTED ROMAN CHAPTERS, BLUED STEEL HANDS, VERTICALLY POSITIONED CYLINDER ESCAPEMENT WITH STRIKE/REPEAT/ALARM ON GONG
THE CASE -- 6IN. (15CM.) SQUARE, THE STAND -- 11½IN. (29.25CM.) WIDE
THE SQUARE CASE WITH CANTED BORDERS, WITH ORMOLU HANDLE TO THE TOP TERMINATING IN SWAN HEADS, ABOVE REPEAT BUTTON, THE SIDES WITH GROOVES SLIDING ON TO A MOULDED AND STEPPED RECTANGULAR BASE WITH CONFORMING DECORATION (BLOCKS LATER) AND ON BUN FEET (LACKING TO REAR), THE ORMOLU DIAL WITH ENGINE-TURNED CENTRE AND BLACK-PAINTED ROMAN CHAPTERS, BLUED STEEL HANDS, VERTICALLY POSITIONED CYLINDER ESCAPEMENT WITH STRIKE/REPEAT/ALARM ON GONG
THE CASE -- 6IN. (15CM.) SQUARE, THE STAND -- 11½IN. (29.25CM.) WIDE