MID 19TH CENTURY

Details

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

Literature

Roberts (Derek), British Skeleton Clocks, Antique Collectors' Club, 1987, pp. 192, 207, Illustrated col. pl. 34 & fig. 15a, b

Special notice

VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

Lot Essay

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.

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