拍品 122
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A VICTORIAN BRASS STRIKING EIGHT DAY SKELETON CLOCK
A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF ENGLISH SKELETON CLOCKS (LOTS 117-134)
A VICTORIAN BRASS STRIKING EIGHT DAY SKELETON CLOCK

ATTRIBUTED TO EDWARDS, STOURBRIDGE, RETAILED BY GEORGE ROSSI, NORWICH. CIRCA 1845

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A VICTORIAN BRASS STRIKING EIGHT DAY SKELETON CLOCK
ATTRIBUTED TO EDWARDS, STOURBRIDGE, RETAILED BY GEORGE ROSSI, NORWICH. CIRCA 1845
DIAL: silvered crenellated chapter ring signed 'G. Rossi Norwich', blued steel hands MOVEMENT: pierced scrolling plates joined by six double-screwed pillars, twin chain fusees, train wheels with six crossings, anchor escapement, rack strike/trip repeat on bell; pendulum, winding key, replaced velvet-covered and ebonised plinth and glass dome
17½ in. (44.5 cm.) high, excluding dome; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20.5 cm.) deep

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
D. Roberts, British Skeleton Clocks, Woodbridge, 1987, pp. 174, figs..
George Rossi is recorded 1823-1864. Roberts attributes this design to James Edwards of Stourbridge, who made most of his skeleton clocks 1830-1855.