Lot 137
  • 137

An Italian rosewood ebonized gilt brass mounted quarter striking alarm table clock, second quarter 18th century

Estimate
3,500 - 4,500 EUR
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Description

  • height 55cm handle down
16.5-cm arched brass dial, engraved silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, foliate pierced hands and silvered alarm disc, foliate pierced spandrels and subsidiary for strike/silent in the arch signed Pellegrino Amorotti Roma, verge movement with baluster pillars, single barrel with double action, striking the quarters and hours 1-6 on two bells, alarm on a single bell, rosewood veneered bell top case surmounted by a handle, adorned throughout with gilt foliate pierced mounts, canted sides with moulded columns, break arch glazed front door and sides, moulded plinth raised on scroll feet