Sale 9441
London, South Kensington
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1 October 2013
Price realised
GBP 6,250
Estimate
AN EBONISED STRIKING TURNTABLE CLOCK THE DIAL AND MOVEMENT LATE 17TH CENTURY WITH RESTORATIONS, THE CASE LATE 20TH CENTURY BY H.G.HAMMOND The architectural case with flambeau finials, brass-mounted columns to the angles, the brass dial with silvered chapter ring with Roman hours, Arabic five minutes, the matted centre with date aperture and alarm ring, blued-steel hands, cherub head spandrels, the eight-day two-train movement with gut line fusees, re-instated tic-tac escapemenet and maintaining power, eight latched pillars and split front plate, the dial also latched 17¼ in. (43.7 cm.) high overall; 15½ in. (39.4 cm.) wide; 10¾ in. (27.3 cm.) deep
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The case for this clock is likely to have been inspired by early Fromanteel clocks. See Exhibition Catalogue, The First Twelve Years of The Pendulum Clock, London, Ronald A. Lee Galleries, February 1969, No. 11, Pls. 31-34 and No. 25, Pl. 77.
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