Posts Tagged ‘escapement’
Saturday, December 26th, 2009
BRASS AND CHAMPLEVE CLOCK GARNITURE, AESTHETIC MOVEMENT EBONIZED MAHOGANY AND PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK, GILT SPELTER AND PORCELAIN CLOCK GARNITURE
A BRASS AND CHAMPLEVE CLOCK GARNITURE, the gilt chapter ring with Arabic numerals, the movement with half-hour striking on а gong, contained in an architectural case with
segmental pediment surmounted by an urn, bearing а presentation plaque dated [...]
Tags: 19th century, AESTHETIC, bracket, BRASS, brass dial, Calendar, cartouche, CENTURY, CHAMPLEVE, clock case, DRESS, EBONIZED, escapement, GILT, GOOD, MANTEL, mantel clock, MINUTE, movement, pendulum, PORCELAIN, rectangular case, repeat sign, ring, SECONDS, STEEL, style, TIMEPIECE, tortoiseshell
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
MAHOGANY WHEEL BAROMETER, ОAK LONGCASE CLOCK, GEORGE III STYLE MAHOGANY QUARTER CHIMING AND REPEATING LONGCASE CLOCK, BLACK LACQUER LONGCASE CLOCK
A MAHOGANY WHEEL BAROMETER, with a silvered register, the trunk applied with a hygrometer, a thermometer, a mirror and а Level, engraved Warranted Correct, (95cm), early 19th
century.
A MAHOGANY WHEEL BAROMETER, the 8in silvered register hygrometer, thermometer, [...]
Tags: 19th century, Abraham, balerna, barometer, Birmingham, black lacquer, boxwood, BRASS, CASED, CENTURY, chapter, Chester, clock, convex glass, EARLY, escapement, GEORGE III, GOOD, hanover street, hygrometer, hygrometer thermometer, IVORY, L Smith, longcase, longcase clock, MAHOGANY, QUARTER, REPEATING, ROSEWOOD, SECONDS, street london, style, subsidiary, thermometer, WILLIAM IV, yesterday and today
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
GOLD AND ENAMEL VERGE WATCH, GOLD AND SPLIT PEARL SET HUNTING CASED VERGE WATCH, QUARTER REPEATING AUTOMATON WATCH, REPEATING MUSICAL CYLINDER WATCH
A GOLD AND ENAMEL VERGE WATCH in the form of a mandolin,
the unsigned movement with white enamel dial with arabic
numerals, the sounding board of dark blue enamel, the back
of the case with panels of [...]
Tags: arabic numerals, AUTOMATON, brooch, CENTURY, CHAMPLEVE, CLOCKWATCH, CYLINDER, Des Arts, enamel, enamel dial, escapement, Francois, gold decoration, HUNTING, MANDO- LIN, mandolin, mechanism, REPEATING, roman numerals, schmit, scrollwork, SECONDS, SET, SILVER QUARTER, sounding board, VERGE
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
GERMAN LATE GOTHIC IRON CHAMBER CLOCK, SPRING DRIVEN AUGSBURG TABLE CLOCK, EBONY VENEER SILVER MOUNTED TABLE CLOCK, GILT METAL HEXAGONAL STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
AN UNUSUAL WALL CLOCK with a pewter dial and single hand,
the movement with brass wheels, verge escapement and vis-
ible pendulum, the bell above, steel posted frame and brass
case,8Un. high(21.5cm.), 18th Century,probably Swiss, and [...]
Tags: adoration of the magi, ALARUM, arabic numerals, AUGSBURG, bracket clock, BRASS, brass case, CENTURY, clock spring, corner posts, EBONISED, EBONY VENEER, escapement, finials, floral decoration, FRENCH, fusees, GOTHIC, HEXAGONAL, Klaus Maurice, LANTERN, lantern clock, maker, METAL, portrait heads, putti, QUARTER, SILVER MOUNTED, SPRING DRIVEN, standing, STRIKING, table clock, train move, TRAVELLING, UNUSUAL, VIENNA
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
QUARTER-STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK, 18TH CENTURY BRACKET CLOCK AND BRACKET, WOOD WALL CLOCK, ENGLISH LANTERN CLOCK, GERMAN ZAPPLER MANTEL TIMEPIECE
A NEUCHATELOISE QUARTER-STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK with a convex enamel dial, the movement with anchor escapement and gong striking with outside count wheel cut for the hours and
quarters, the waisted case with an oval pendulum aper-rure and decorated [...]
Tags: ALARUM, anchor, AUTOMATON, backplate, birdcage, bracket, bracket clock, Calendar, CENTURY, clock, country pursuits, EARLY, enamel plaques, English, escapement, FIGURE, GERMAN, gilt flowers, ITALIAN, italian walnut, IVORY, jaquet droz, Jonas Pierre Con-tesse, LANTERN, lantern clock, Luigi Moschini, MANTEL, NEUCHATELOISE, plumage, QUARTER-STRIKING, singing bird, slender columns, steel centre, Surround, TIMEPIECE, tortoiseshell, UNUSUAL, vertical balance, VERY, Wall Clock, white breast, wood, WOOD WALL, ZAPPLER
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Saturday, December 26th, 2009
FRENCH ALARUM CARRIAGE CLOCK, SILVER MANTEL CLOCK, GERMAN BRASS ALARUM TRAVELLING CLOCK, RUSSIAN EBONISED MUSICAL BRACKET CLOCK, WALL TIMEPIECE
A SILVER MANTEL CLOCK with a chipped enamel dial with arabic chapters, the French lever movement with gong strik-ing, in a moulded arched case with bun feet, London hall-marks
for 1911, 9in. high (23cm.).
A FRENCH ALARUM CARRIAGE CLOCK [...]
Tags: ALARUM, AUTOMATON, boulle, bracket, bracket clock, BRASS, bun feet, Calendar, CARRIAGE, CENTURY, Charles Martina Horloger, clock, EBONISED, enamel dial, English, escapement, FRENCH, german brass, ITALIAN, Joseph Ramponus, london hall, MAHOGANY, mantel clock, moulded case, oxford street, rectangular case, RUSSIAN, SILVER MANTEL, SONNERIE, Surround, TIMEPIECE, TRAVELLING, travelling clock, UNUSUAL, vertical balance, VIENNESE, WALNUT, wood plates
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