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THOMAS COLE, NO. 1578/1505; GOING SPRING DATED MARCH 1862
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A VICTORIAN GILT-BRASS MALACHITE-MOUNTED TURN-TABLE TRIPOD CLOCK
Thomas Cole, No. 1578/1505; Going spring dated March 1862
The case formed as an occasional table with an articulated rotating top with foliate engraved pie-crust rim set with malachite panels within gilt frames, glazed beaded and concave-moulded frame to the silvered dial with painted Roman chapters and fine blued steel hands, the centre finely engraved with formalised foliate strapwork on a hatched ground, the 8-day going-barrel movement with individually plated going and strike trains, the going train with vertically positioned lever platform with gold three-arm balance, the strike train with hour strike on a blued steel gong of circular section curved to form around the movement, the gilt-brass movement cover stamped 1578 at the base and with winding facility for the going and strike trains, hand-set aperture above engraved Hands, shutter escapement aperture, the tripod stand engraved with formal foliage and resting on a stepped base flanked by three addorsed sphinx on a stepped border-engraved base
38 in. (96.5 cm.) (dial up); 28½ in. (73 cm.) (dial down)
Thomas Cole, No. 1578/1505; Going spring dated March 1862
The case formed as an occasional table with an articulated rotating top with foliate engraved pie-crust rim set with malachite panels within gilt frames, glazed beaded and concave-moulded frame to the silvered dial with painted Roman chapters and fine blued steel hands, the centre finely engraved with formalised foliate strapwork on a hatched ground, the 8-day going-barrel movement with individually plated going and strike trains, the going train with vertically positioned lever platform with gold three-arm balance, the strike train with hour strike on a blued steel gong of circular section curved to form around the movement, the gilt-brass movement cover stamped 1578 at the base and with winding facility for the going and strike trains, hand-set aperture above engraved Hands, shutter escapement aperture, the tripod stand engraved with formal foliage and resting on a stepped base flanked by three addorsed sphinx on a stepped border-engraved base
38 in. (96.5 cm.) (dial up); 28½ in. (73 cm.) (dial down)
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