Lot 56
  • 56

An English ebonized brass mounted quarter chiming table clock, Isaac Roberts, circa 1770

Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 EUR
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Description

  • height 52cm handle down
19-cm arched brass dial, engraved silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, foliate pierced hands, apertures for date and mock pendulum, strike/silent subsidiairy in the arch, recessed signature plaque signed Isaac Roberts London, foliate pierced spandrels, similarly signed three train fusee movement now with deadbeat escapement and roller suspended pendulum signed Jan Mulder Den Haag, trip repeating quarter chiming on eight bells and hour striking on a single bell, foliate engraved backplate, ebonized bell top case surmounted by a brass carrying handle and four berry finials, brass bound side panels with brass engraved foliate pierced frets, glazed front and back door with foliate pierced and engraved spandrels, moulded shaped plinth raised on brass bracket feet