Sale 8179
London, South Kensington
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27 February 2013
Price realised
GBP 3,500
Estimate
A VICTORIAN GILT-METAL MOUNTED EBONISED QUARTER-CHIMING TABLE CLOCK BAKER, LONDON, MID-19TH CENTURY CASE: the sides pierced frets with later glazing DIAL: with silvered chapter ring with matted centre, subsidiary regulation and 'CHIME SILENT' rings, signed 'T [or J]. Baker London'; MOVEMENT: the three train, chain fusee movement with recoil anchor escapement, rise and fall regulation, quarter-chiming on eight bells and striking on a coiled gong; with pendulum, winding key 35½ in. (90 cm.) high; 22½ in. (57 cm.) wide; 14¼ in. (36 cm.) deep
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