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PAYNE, LONDON. CIRCA 1825
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A late Regency satinwood quarter striking library clock
Payne, London. Circa 1825
The case with moulded stepped top inset with a large rectangular bevelled viewing glass and surmounted by an impressive gilt-brass octagonal section handle with bird's head and feather hinges, bevelled glasses to the sides, front and rear doors, the moulded base on block feet, chamfered angles to the front door with silvered sight frame to the 7in. square silvered dial engraved Payne, 163. New Bond Street, London. within the Roman chapter ring with finely pierced heart-shaped blued steel hands, strike/silent lever above XII, the substantial triple chain fusee movement with brass platform with lever escapement mounted atop the plates, with large cut bimetallic balance with blued steel index arm sliding against a silvered calibration scale engraved slow/fast, quarter strike on two bells with hour strike on a further larger bell
15½ in. (39.5 cm.) high to hilt of handle
Payne, London. Circa 1825
The case with moulded stepped top inset with a large rectangular bevelled viewing glass and surmounted by an impressive gilt-brass octagonal section handle with bird's head and feather hinges, bevelled glasses to the sides, front and rear doors, the moulded base on block feet, chamfered angles to the front door with silvered sight frame to the 7in. square silvered dial engraved Payne, 163. New Bond Street, London. within the Roman chapter ring with finely pierced heart-shaped blued steel hands, strike/silent lever above XII, the substantial triple chain fusee movement with brass platform with lever escapement mounted atop the plates, with large cut bimetallic balance with blued steel index arm sliding against a silvered calibration scale engraved slow/fast, quarter strike on two bells with hour strike on a further larger bell
15½ in. (39.5 cm.) high to hilt of handle
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