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MASTER OF TIME
The traditional focus of a room has for centuries been the fireplace and its chimneypiece, with a mantel getting ever larger throughout the 19th century and positively groaning with ornaments and trophies in Edwardian times. The focus of the shelf is the clock to the centre which dictates the decoration to its flanks. The beauty of a clock can also be that focus for any room in the home; a Georgian table clock for the study or library, perhaps the addition of a moonphase dial as with the clock by Howell (lot 153); a porcelain mounted timepiece for the bedroom; or an architectural longcase clock for the hall or entrance.
A FRENCH GILT-BRASS AND ONYX STRIKING TABLE REGULATOR WITH PERPETUAL CALENDAR AND MOONPHASE DIAL
PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A FRENCH GILT-BRASS AND ONYX STRIKING TABLE REGULATOR WITH PERPETUAL CALENDAR AND MOONPHASE DIAL
PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The four-glass case with enamelled chapter discs with blued steel Breguet hands and visible Brocot escapement with an enamelled seconds ring with fine counterpoised hand, signed 'HOWELL & Co. PARIS', the calendar dial with polychrome enamel moonphase, subsidiary dials for day and date, inscribed 'PATENT', within a month and Equation of Time ring with gilt-sunburst hand, all within an engraved mask, the twin barrel movement with pendulum of Ellicott's compensation and strike to bell, back plate stamped 'HOWELL ET CO. PARIS and '10851 24-8', the rear of front plate stamped '10852'; with winding key and regulation key
18 in. (46 cm.) high; 13 7/8 in. (35.3 cm.) wide; 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) deep
PARIS, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The four-glass case with enamelled chapter discs with blued steel Breguet hands and visible Brocot escapement with an enamelled seconds ring with fine counterpoised hand, signed 'HOWELL & Co. PARIS', the calendar dial with polychrome enamel moonphase, subsidiary dials for day and date, inscribed 'PATENT', within a month and Equation of Time ring with gilt-sunburst hand, all within an engraved mask, the twin barrel movement with pendulum of Ellicott's compensation and strike to bell, back plate stamped 'HOWELL ET CO. PARIS and '10851 24-8', the rear of front plate stamped '10852'; with winding key and regulation key
18 in. (46 cm.) high; 13 7/8 in. (35.3 cm.) wide; 9¼ in. (23.5 cm.) deep
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