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A VICTORIAN GIANT GILT-BRASS STRIKING AND REPEATING EIGHT DAY CARRIAGE CLOCK

JAMES MCCABE, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, NO. 2739. CIRCA 1850

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A VICTORIAN GIANT GILT-BRASS STRIKING AND REPEATING EIGHT DAY CARRIAGE CLOCK
JAMES MCCABE, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, NO. 2739. CIRCA 1850
CASE: of typical McCabe design, with bevelled glasses to top and sides, the solid rear door with shuttered winding holes
DIAL: gilt and florally engraved, with subsidiary seconds ring and singed 'JAMES MCCABE/ROYAL EXCHANGE/LONDON/2739', blued steel fleur-de-lys hands
MOVEMENT: with five pillars, twin chain fusees with large gilt platform and plain balance to underslung lever escapement, maintaining power, strike/repeat on blued steel gong to back plate with repeat signature; original brass numbered winding key
TRAVEL BOX: brass-bound mahogany with sliding front and bone signature plaque; case key
8½ in. (21.5 cm.) high, handle down; 6 in. (15.5 cm.) wide; 5¼ in. (13.5 cm.) deep
来源
Purchased from Phillips, Son and Neale in the 1970s by the present owner
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No VAT will be charged on the hammer price, but VAT at 15% will be added to the buyer's premium which is invoiced on a VAT inclusive basis.

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James McCabe was apprenticed to Reid and Auld, Edinburgh and became Free of the Clockmakers' Company in 1822. He continued his fathers business in The Royal Exchange, London and established strong trading relationships in India, exporting large numbers of clocks and watches.