Lot Essay
A similar clock was sold Christie's Amsterdam, sale 2775, 19 December 2007
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LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
Details
AN ENGLISH GILT-BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY QUARTER CHIMING TABLE CLOCK
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The arched dial with matted centre, silvered signature plaque inscribed O.A. STRAPP/Cambridge, foliate cast spandrels to silvered chapter ring, subsidiary rings for chime/silent, regulation, chime on eight bells/Westminster chime selection, eight day triple chain and fusee movement with quarter chimes on eight bells or four gongs and hour strike on further gong; pendulum; door key; crank key
78 cm. high
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY
The arched dial with matted centre, silvered signature plaque inscribed O.A. STRAPP/Cambridge, foliate cast spandrels to silvered chapter ring, subsidiary rings for chime/silent, regulation, chime on eight bells/Westminster chime selection, eight day triple chain and fusee movement with quarter chimes on eight bells or four gongs and hour strike on further gong; pendulum; door key; crank key
78 cm. high
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