Posts Tagged ‘QUARTER-STRIKING’
Thursday, January 7th, 2010
WALNUT BRACKET CLOCK, SCOTTISH EBONISED BRACKET CLOCK, QUARTER-STRIKING SKELETON CLOCK
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK with a
chipped 8-inch painted dial and pierced gilt hands, the
movement with anchor escapement and numbered
pendulum adjustment, the backplate signed Rivers &
Son Cornhill London and with engraved borders, in a
moulded broken-arch case with a panelled top and
brass scale frets at the [...]
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Thursday, January 7th, 2010
SILVERED METAL ALARUM CARRIAGE CLOCK, ENGLISH CARRIAGE TIMEPIECE, EBONISED BALLOON MANTEL CLOCK, EBONISED CHIMING BRACKET CLOCK
A Carriage Timepiece with an enamel dial, the cylinder movement with the stamp of Duverdry and Bloquel, in a rectangular case, 41hin. high (11.Sem.)
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A Carriage Timepiece with an enamel dial, lever movement and rectangular case, 41kin. [...]
Tags: 19th century, ALARUM, aperture, backplate, balance, bell, bracket, bracket clock, carriage clock, case case, CENTURY, CHIMING, chisholm, clock, EARLY, EBONISED, Edinburgh, enamel dial, English, filigree decoration, grey enamel, Hands, japy freres, lever escapement, mackay, MAHOGANY, MANTEL, mantel clock, OVAL, pale grey, platform, PORCELAIN, PORCELAIN-MOUNTED, QUARTER-STRIKING, REGENCY, TIMEPIECE, UNUSUAL, woman and child
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Monday, December 28th, 2009
CHAIN FUSEE REPEATING EBONISED BRACKET CLOCK, OAK CHIMING CUCKOO BRACKET CLOCK, ROSEWOOD WALL CLOCK, ОAK AND BRASS WATER CLOCK
A MAHOGANY WHEEL BAROMETER, the
thermometer above a silvered and engraved dial, the case with boxwood stringing, 38in; 96.5cm, with a presentation plaque, c. 1900
А BRASS SKELETON CLOCK with chain
fuses, the silvered dial with roman
numerals, the case pierced [...]
Tags: 19th century, anchor, balance, balance wheel, barometer, bracket, bracket clock, chain, clock, cockspur street, COLD, CUCKOO, EBONISED, EBONIZED, eight bells, fleur de lys, FRENCH, FUSEE, GILT-BRONZE, glass dome, haymarket london, LANTERN, longcase, longcase clock, MAHOGANY, MANTEL, MARBLE, marble base, MARQUETRY, meter dial, plinth, QUARTER, quarter plate, QUARTER-STRIKING, Queen, REPEATING, roman numerals, ROSEWOOD, signature, SKELETON, skeleton clock, SMALL, TIMEPIECE, UNUSUAL, WALL, Wall Clock, WATER, water clock, WHITE, WOOD WALL
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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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