拍品 370
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A Victorian tortoiseshell, brass and nickel-plated brass rolling ball clock
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A Victorian tortoiseshell, brass and nickel-plated brass rolling ball clock

MID 19TH CENTURY

细节
A Victorian tortoiseshell, brass and nickel-plated brass rolling ball clock
Mid 19th Century
The pierced brass movement frame with four pillars and chain fusee and spring barrel, the frontplate with silvered rings for hours, minutes and seconds, silvered plaque applied beneath and engraved Invented by Sir William A. Congreve, Bart. patented in 1808, the nickel-plated square frame with circular section pillars with ball finials and feet and supporting the tilting platform with scroll-and-circle supports, damping springs on either side and calibrated tilt angle scale, the line-inlaid tortoiseshell base on adjustable ball feet
出版
Roberts (Derek), British Skeleton Clocks, Antique Collectors' Club, 1987, pp. 192, 207, Illustrated col. pl. 34 & fig. 15a, b
注意事项
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

拍品专文

ALBERT ODMARK NOTES
Purchased on October 8th, 1959 from Georges Baptiste, Brussels.

Derek Roberts, British Skeleton Clocks:
This clock is a particularly attractive example (probably made in the mid 19th century) with a brass-strung base convered in red tortoiseshell and a silvered brass frame. The table is skeletonised and an interesting refinement is the provision of leaf spring bumpers (to either side of the table) which engage just before it comes to rest and help to tilt it back in the other direction.