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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
Illustrations left and below are of a rare late sixteenth-century Gothic-style iron clock, of early German or Italian origin. Finely-engraved front plate, in mediaeval Italian style, carries a coat of arms, so far unidentified. Eyes in the french black square clock mask at the antique movado pocket watch gold top rock [...]
Tags: alarm clock, ANTIQUE, banjo clock, Barrauds, carriage clock, case clocks, clock face, clock hands, clockmaker, Clocks, electric clocks, GEORGE, GEORGE III, George Stockwell, LADIES, longcase, mechanism, Movado, PATEK, POCKET, pocket watch, PORCELAIN, rococo, ROSEWOOD, RUBY, SEVENTEEN, SKELETON, Southampton, turret clock, VICTORIAN, WATCHMAKERS, wooden case, wrist watch
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
BRASS FLICK TIMEPIECE, MAHOGANY WALL CLOCK, BRASS ALARUM MANTEL TIMEPIECE, GILT-SPELTER MANTEL CLOCK, GILT-SPELTER AND PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK
A MAHOGANY AND BRASS FLICK TIME-
PIECE wifh two rows of numeric cards within a glazed case enclosed by molded mahogany plates flanked by columns, 6lin; 16.5cm square, c. 1910
A BRASS MANTEL TIMEPIECE, the silvered dial initialled TFC, with [...]
Tags: ALARUM, American, ANOTHER, black marble, BRONZE, bunch of flowers, Candelabra, DESK, enamel dial, FIGURE, front, GARNITURE, GESSO, GILT-BRONZE, GILT-SPELTER, glass dome, glass panels, GOLD, inner steel, Liberty, MAHOGANY, mantel clock, MARBLE, OAK, oak mantel, paris london, PORCELAIN, roman numerals, Seth Thomas, spandrels, STRIKING, sunburst, TIME, time cards, TIMEPIECE, Wall Clock, WHITE
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
BRASS CARRIAGE ALARUM TIMEPIECE, BRASS CARRIAGE REPEATING CLOCK, MUSICAL BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK, GRAND AND PETIT SONNERIE REPEATING CARRIAGE ALARUM CLOCK
A BRASS CARRIAGE ALARUM TIMEPIECE,
the cornice case numbered 316, the back plate with the Coquille arrow, the silvered chapter rings with pierced filigree centers, 16cm, c. 1910
The significance of the Canailles arrow is discussed in Carriage [...]
Tags: 19th century, ALARUM, apron, balance, balance spring, BRASS, BRONZE, Canailles, CARRIAGE, carriage clock, carriage clocks, CENTURY, chapter rings, Charles Allis, clock, Clocks, composite columns, coquille, cornice, CYLIN, CYLINDER, EARLY, EBONY CARRIAGE, enamel dial, France, GERMAN, GILT-BRONZE, GRAND, indistinct, leather case, louis xv, MUSICAL, roman numerals, SMALL, SONNERIE, TIMEPIECE, WHITE, WINDING
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
BLACK MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK, WALNUT AND MARQUETRY MANTEL CLOCK, GILT-SPELTER AND GREEN ONYX MANTEL CLOCK, GREEN ONYX MANTEL CLOCK
A BLACK MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK, the
dial with gilt roman numerals, in an architectural case flanked by large scrolls, incised and painted with gilt foliate strap work throughout, 12in; 30.5cm, with pendulum, c.
1870
A GILT-BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK, the dial [...]
Tags: 19th century, acanthus, ALARUM, arabic numerals, BLACK, black marble, boulle, bracket clock, brass lantern, CARRIAGE, clock, Clocks, conch shell, dial, flambeau, France, GARNITURE, GILT-BRONZE, GILT-SPELTER, GREEN, LANTERN, mantel clock, MARBLE, MARQUETRY, movement, pendulum, PORCELAIN, PORCELAIN-MOUNTED, roman numerals, ROSEWOOD, SIMILAR, TIMEPIECE, urns, WALNUT, whol, wood mantel
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK, STAINED BEECHWOOD LONGCASE CLOCK, LACQUERED BRACKET CLOCK, COPPERED BRASS ATMOS CLOCK, GERMAN OAK BRACKET CLOCK
A MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK with
quarter-hour striking on rod gongs, the dial with roman numerals and sub-sidiary chime/silent and slow/fast dials, in a rectangular vase with a molded top, surmounted by a
carrying handle, 16lin; 42cm, ргоЬаЫу German, with кеу [...]
Tags: 19th century, arabic numerals, ATMOS, BEECHWOOD, BRASS, brass base, brass lantern, CENTURY, CHROME, clock, COPPERED, enamel dial, English, FIGURE, fruitwood, GERMAN, german oak, gustave, GUSTAVE BECKER, inlaid, LACQUERED, lantern clock, longcase, MAHOGANY, MANTEL, METAL, pendulum, QUARTER, rectangular vase, roman numerals, SIMILAR, SMALL, STRIKING, TIMEPIECE, WALNUT, WOOD AUTOMATON
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