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An ebonised Grande Sonnerie bracket clock
the case with foliate handles and flambeau urn finials to the inverted bell top, with foliate pierced and engraved gilt-metal quarter frets to the front door and sides, on winged ball and claw feet, the dial with silvered arcaded chapter ring, matted centre with false pendulum aperture and central alarm disc, the arch signed Johan Nitschner Egenburg No 32, flanked by subsidiary rings for Strike/Silent and Repeat/Silent, the triple going barrel movement with verge escapement and strike on two bells, German, circa 1760 -- 17½in.(44.5cm.) high See Colour Illustration (Plate 2)
the case with foliate handles and flambeau urn finials to the inverted bell top, with foliate pierced and engraved gilt-metal quarter frets to the front door and sides, on winged ball and claw feet, the dial with silvered arcaded chapter ring, matted centre with false pendulum aperture and central alarm disc, the arch signed Johan Nitschner Egenburg No 32, flanked by subsidiary rings for Strike/Silent and Repeat/Silent, the triple going barrel movement with verge escapement and strike on two bells, German, circa 1760 -- 17½in.(44.5cm.) high See Colour Illustration (Plate 2)