Sale 5682
London, South Kensington
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29 September 2010
Price realised
GBP 3,500
Estimate
A VICTORIAN GILT-BRASS MOUNTED EBONISED QUARTER-CHIMING EIGHT-DAY TABLE CLOCK LATE 19TH CENTURY The case with gilt-brass columns to all angles, the 8 in. wide brass dial with subsidiaries to the arch for chime/silent and chime on eight bells/Cambridge chimes, blued steel hands, the triple chain fusees movement with anchor escapement, chiming the quarters on eight bells and the hours on gong; pendulum 7¾ in. (45 cm.) high
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