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THE PROPERTY OF A EUROPEAN COLLECTOR
AN ENGLISH GIANT GILT-BRASS QUARTER-STRIKING CARRIAGE CLOCK
CIRCA 1860, IN THE MANNER OF FRODSHAM
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AN ENGLISH GIANT GILT-BRASS QUARTER-STRIKING CARRIAGE CLOCK
CIRCA 1860, IN THE MANNER OF FRODSHAM
CASE: the four-glass case with foliate fret rear door, DIAL: the profusely engraved silvered 4 ¼ inch dial with blued steel hands, 'Slow/Fast' regulation above 'XII', flanked by 'Chime/Silent' and 'Full Chime/Westminster Chime', MOVEMENT: the three-train fusee movement with ratchet tooth platform lever escapement and simple plain balance wheel, chiming on eight bells and striking the hour on a gong, repeat button to side of case
10 3/8 in. (26.5 cm.) high (handle down); 7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) wide; 5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) deep
CIRCA 1860, IN THE MANNER OF FRODSHAM
CASE: the four-glass case with foliate fret rear door, DIAL: the profusely engraved silvered 4 ¼ inch dial with blued steel hands, 'Slow/Fast' regulation above 'XII', flanked by 'Chime/Silent' and 'Full Chime/Westminster Chime', MOVEMENT: the three-train fusee movement with ratchet tooth platform lever escapement and simple plain balance wheel, chiming on eight bells and striking the hour on a gong, repeat button to side of case
10 3/8 in. (26.5 cm.) high (handle down); 7 1/8 in. (18 cm.) wide; 5 ¼ in. (13.3 cm.) deep
Provenance
Sotheby's, London, 22 February 1990, lot 259.
Literature
D. Roberts, Carriage and other Travelling Clocks, 1993, p. 345, fig. 23-25A.
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