Lot 576
  • 576

An English ebonized brass mounted bells chiming table clock, last quarter 19th century

Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 EUR
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Description

  • height 75cm
20.5-cm arched matted brass dial, engraved silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, subsidiaries above for chime/silent, slow/fast, chime on eight bells/Cambridge chimes, signature plaque for the retailer R. McDowell & Co. Ltd Belfast, foliate spandrels, substantial three train fusee and chain anchor movement with quarter chiming on eight bells and rack hour striking on a gong, ebonized bell top case surmounted by five flambeau finials, arched glazed front door, herm and trailing garlands on canted corners, acanthus moulded plinth raised on scroll feet