LOT 125 A VICTORIAN BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY QUARTER-CHIMING BRACKET C...
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A VICTORIAN BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY QUARTER-CHIMING BRACKET CLOCKUNSIGNED, CIRCA 1900The substantial four pillar triple chain fusee movement chiming a choice of two tunes at the quarters on a graduated nest of eight bells and sounding the hour on a coiled gong, the going train with anchor escapement regulated by heavy disc-bob pendulum incorporating pivoted beam rise-fall regulation to suspension and holdfast bracket to the movement backplate stamped 2995 to centre, the 8 inch gilt brass arch dial with matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes beyond the outer minute track, with blued steel hands and foliate scroll and shell cast gilt spandrels with the upper continuing upwards to envelop the subsidiary CHIME/SILENT, FAST/SLOW and CHIME ON EIGHT BELLS/WESTMINSTER CHIME selection dials, the break-arch case with gilt pineapple finial to the stepped surmount over cavetto cornice and cast brass basket-of-fruit centred floral spray mount to tympanum, the front with rectangular bevel-glazed door incorporating canted silvered brass fillet moulding to the inside of the dial aperture and foliate scroll decorated upper quadrant frets, flanked by free-standing brass Corinthian columns to front angles and the sides with shaped scroll-pierced sound frets, the rear with brass grille panel inset rectangular door, on stepped fluted skirt base with gilt leaf decorated mouldings and floral swag apron mount to lower tier over lobed bun feet. 76cm (30ins) high, 44.5cm (17.5ins) wide, 28cm (11ins) deep.
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