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CIRCA 1770
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A GEORGE III ORMOLU-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL MUSICAL AND DUTCH STRIKING EIGHT DAY TABLE CLOCK WITH MOONPHASE, FOR THE DUTCH MARKET
CIRCA 1770
CASE: with pineapple finials, elaborate foliate scroll mounts to all sides and volute and trailing flower mounts to each angle, the side frets cast with flowers and scrolls, coronet and flower mounts above each door and musical trophy mounts below, on scroll feet DIAL: with scroll spandrels to white enamel chapter disc, subsidiaries above inscribed in Dutch for strike/silent and music/silent, silvered and painted moonphase to arch with white enamel music selector inscribed 'Engene Mars, Cotillion, Le Marquis, Mars, Vaarom/Verlaaje Myn, Mars', blued steel hands MOVEMENT: with seven ringed pillars, triple gut fusees, verge escapement, Dutch striking on two bells and with music on a nest of eleven bells via twenty three hammers and 14 cm. long pin barrel, the back plate with foliate engraving; ivory-handled crank key
22 in. (56 cm.) high; 12½ in. (32 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1770
CASE: with pineapple finials, elaborate foliate scroll mounts to all sides and volute and trailing flower mounts to each angle, the side frets cast with flowers and scrolls, coronet and flower mounts above each door and musical trophy mounts below, on scroll feet DIAL: with scroll spandrels to white enamel chapter disc, subsidiaries above inscribed in Dutch for strike/silent and music/silent, silvered and painted moonphase to arch with white enamel music selector inscribed 'Engene Mars, Cotillion, Le Marquis, Mars, Vaarom/Verlaaje Myn, Mars', blued steel hands MOVEMENT: with seven ringed pillars, triple gut fusees, verge escapement, Dutch striking on two bells and with music on a nest of eleven bells via twenty three hammers and 14 cm. long pin barrel, the back plate with foliate engraving; ivory-handled crank key
22 in. (56 cm.) high; 12½ in. (32 cm.) wide; 9 in. (23 cm.) deep
Special notice
Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.
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