CHARLES CABRIER, LONDON. CIRCA 1725

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An English gilt-brass quarter striking hexagonal table clock with alarm
Charles Cabrier, London. Circa 1725
The dial with silver champlevé Roman and Arabic chapter ring with central silver alarm disc, later blued steel hands, foliate engraved spandrels with strike/silent lever by chapter XV or 15?, the hexagonal movement with six ringed pillars and signed on the border engraved backplate Cabrier London, the going train with chain fusee, verge escapement with foliate pierced and engraved balance cock, going barrels for the hour and quarter strike on a bell in the hinged base via grotesque-engraved hammers, manual trip repeat, the case with foliate engraving to the convex border around the dial, the band set with glazed apertures within D-ended silvered frames, the base on winged ball-and-claw feet
3¼ in. (8.5 cm.) high

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

Lot Essay

ALBERT ODMARK NOTES
Purchased at Sotheby's, London lot 101A, February 17, 1969 by Charles Allix.

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