Lot 8
  • 8

An English George II-style ebonized brass mounted Dutch striking table clock last quarter 19th century

Estimate
2,500 - 3,500 EUR
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Description

  • height 66cm
22-cm arched brass dial with wheatear border, engraved silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, foliate pierced hands, apertures for date, day, month and moonphase in the arch, foliate pierced spandrels, engraved plaque bearing the signature Roger Dunster London, fusee and chain anchor movement with similarly signed foliate backplate, rack hal hour Dutch striking on alternating bells, well made ebonized moulded case, brass lined bell top with finely engraved foliate pierced brass frets surmounted by five turned finials, moulded break arch corniches on all sides with similar frets, brass capped corner columns and carrying handles to the sides, brass bound moulded plinth raised on flat brass feet