Posts Tagged ‘LACQUERED’
Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
As happens today, Royal patronage helped the french clock makers 19th century clock-makers. On November last, 1660, Evelyn recorded in his Diary: ‘I went up with some of my Relations to Court, to she we the ithaca clock face m his Majsties cabinet and closet of rarities . . . Here I [...]
Tags: 19th century, alarm clock, ANOTHER, banjo clock, CARAT, Clocks, Edwardian, GOLD, GRAND, LACQUERED, longcase, longcase clock, POCKET, silver watch, WATCHES, WATCHMAKERS
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Saturday, January 2nd, 2010
Meissen porcelain Clock, gilt Strut Clock, green onyx Mantel Clock, French green marble Mantel Clock
A Picture Clock, the watch movement mounted in a print of the Horse Guards, in a gilt and ebonised frame,
A quartz Marine Chronometer, in
brass-bound mahogany case and gimbal
mounted
A red lacquered Wall Clock and
a brass-cased Carriage Clock
A maroon lacquered Bracket Clock, with [...]
Tags: alabaster, bird mounts, boulle, bracket clock, BRASS, brass dial, brocot escapement, CARRIAGE, carriage clock, CHRONOMETER, Denis Grau, desk clock, FRENCH, french marble, GARNITURE, GILT-SPELTER, GREEN, horse guards, key, LACQUERED, mahogany desk, MANTEL, mantel clock, MARBLE, marble panels, marine chronometer, Meissen, OAK, onyx, ormolu, Picture, plinth, PORCELAIN, rectangular case, ROSEWOOD, SET, side columns, standing, surmount, TIME, TIMEPIECE, tortoiseshell, veined marble, Wall Clock, watch, watch movement, WHITE
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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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