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FIRST QUARTER 18TH CENTURY AND LATER
細節
A George I ebonised quarter-striking eight day table clock with unusual year calendar
First quarter 18th Century and later
The case with brass handle to the inverted bell top, later silk backed pierced frets above glazed side panels, conforming quarter frets to the front door with gilt later escutcheon, the 6¾ in. wide brass dial with blued steel hands, gilt foliate spandrels to the Roman and Arabic chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers and sword hilt half quarter hour markers, the matted centre with mock pendulum aperture and silvered cartouche with probably spurious signature Fromanteel, the arch with silvered year calendar ring, engraved with date, month and solar equation, flanked by subsidiary dials for regulation and strike all/silent quarters/silent all (replaced), each with floral engraving to its centre, the twin line and fusee movement with five ringed pillars, now striking the hours and the quarters on a nest of six bells, the reconverted verge escapement with re-instated rise and fall regulation, probably spurious repeat signature to the back plate engraved with foliage, military trophies and eagles; movement with adaptations and possibly associated to case; winding key, two case keys
18 1/2 in. (47 cm.), handle down
First quarter 18th Century and later
The case with brass handle to the inverted bell top, later silk backed pierced frets above glazed side panels, conforming quarter frets to the front door with gilt later escutcheon, the 6¾ in. wide brass dial with blued steel hands, gilt foliate spandrels to the Roman and Arabic chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers and sword hilt half quarter hour markers, the matted centre with mock pendulum aperture and silvered cartouche with probably spurious signature Fromanteel, the arch with silvered year calendar ring, engraved with date, month and solar equation, flanked by subsidiary dials for regulation and strike all/silent quarters/silent all (replaced), each with floral engraving to its centre, the twin line and fusee movement with five ringed pillars, now striking the hours and the quarters on a nest of six bells, the reconverted verge escapement with re-instated rise and fall regulation, probably spurious repeat signature to the back plate engraved with foliage, military trophies and eagles; movement with adaptations and possibly associated to case; winding key, two case keys
18 1/2 in. (47 cm.), handle down
注意事項
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 15% on the buyer's premium