Lot 434
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A George III mahogany striking hooded wall clock
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A George III mahogany striking hooded wall clock

ALEXANDER CUMMING, LONDON. CIRCA 1780

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A George III mahogany striking hooded wall clock
Alexander Cumming, London. Circa 1780
The shallow-arched silvered engraved dial with Roman and Arabic chapter ring with elaborate pierced blued steel hands, calendar aperture above VI, strike/silent lever above XII, signed Alexander Cumming, London in the arch, the five pillar twin chain fusee movement with anchor escapement and rack strike on a bell, the case with shallow-moulded breakarch top surmounted by three later? turned mahogany finials, brass-lined reeded stop-chamfered angles flanking the hood, glazed foliate-pierced mahogany sound frets to the side, with an integral forward-sliding concave-moulded wall bracket.
39 in.(69 cm.) high
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VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer's premium.

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ALBERT ODMARK NOTES
Purchased 12 July, 1960 from Sotheby Parke-Bernett, New York, The Levy Collection, de-accessioned from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

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