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CIRCA 1825
細節
A George IV red boulle tortoiseshell and ormolu-mounted striking small mantel clock
Circa 1825
The premier-partie boulle case with brass handle and four part-milled ormolu urn finials to the architectural top, with arched gilt-brass lined glazed side panels and conforming rear door, applied with brass lines to the chamfered front angles, the plinth raised on milled ormolu bun feet, with stiff leaf cast sight ring to an arched and engine-turned ormolu dial, with white enamel Roman chapter disc with blued steel moon hands, enamel strike/silent disc decorated with leafy sprigs above, the five pillar movement with shouldered plates, the single chain fusee pocket watch movement with lever escapement with cut bimetallic balance and positioned on circular plates to the back plate, maintaining power, strike/trip repeat on bell, the back plate with a leaf engraved border; with a purpose-made modern travel box
9¼in. (23.5cm.) high
Circa 1825
The premier-partie boulle case with brass handle and four part-milled ormolu urn finials to the architectural top, with arched gilt-brass lined glazed side panels and conforming rear door, applied with brass lines to the chamfered front angles, the plinth raised on milled ormolu bun feet, with stiff leaf cast sight ring to an arched and engine-turned ormolu dial, with white enamel Roman chapter disc with blued steel moon hands, enamel strike/silent disc decorated with leafy sprigs above, the five pillar movement with shouldered plates, the single chain fusee pocket watch movement with lever escapement with cut bimetallic balance and positioned on circular plates to the back plate, maintaining power, strike/trip repeat on bell, the back plate with a leaf engraved border; with a purpose-made modern travel box
9¼in. (23.5cm.) high
來源
Sotheby's London, Highly Important Clocks, Watches, Wristwatches and Barometers, 17 December 1998, lot 214.
注意事項
No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 17.5% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis