A GEORGE I EBONY-VENEERED STRIKING EIGHT-DAY TABLE CLOCK
DANIEL DELANDER, LONDON, CIRCA 1725
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A GEORGE I EBONY-VENEERED STRIKING EIGHT-DAY TABLE CLOCK
DANIEL DELANDER, LONDON, CIRCA 1725
CASE: the faceted foliate-tied gilt-brass handle to inverted bell top to arched side panels and glazed arched front door, on a stepped and moulded plinth with later foliate-and-scroll gilt-brass feet, each stamped 'LEBLANC', restorations DIAL: the 10¾ inch wide arched brass dial with gilt mask-and-foliate lower spandrels, silvered chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers, matted centre with mock pendulum aperture, alarm disc and oval reserve signed 'Dan Delander London', blued steel hands, the arch with date ring with matted star-cut centre flanked by cherub-and-scroll mounts, further subsidiary strike/silent and regulation rings MOVEMENT: with five ring-turned pillars, twin chain fusees, verge and crown wheel escapement, later rise and fall regulation, inside rack strike to bell and later alarm, with profusely engraved back plate with birds, flowers, scrolls and oval reserve signed 'Dan Delander London', restorations; with winding key, case key
18 7/8 in. (48 cm.) high, handle down; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide; 7½ in. (19 cm.) deep
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