STYLE: Private Collections
STYLE: Private Collections
A SMALL ROSEWOOD QUARTER STRIKING AND MUSICAL TABLE CLOCK, CHINESE, CIRCA 1800
Auction Closed
November 12, 05:03 PM GMT
Estimate
6,000 - 9,000 GBP
Lot Details
Description
A SMALL ROSEWOOD QUARTER STRIKING AND MUSICAL TABLE CLOCK, CHINESE, CIRCA 1800
3¼-inch enamel dial with centre seconds, the three train fusee and chain movement with verge escapement, the plain three-arm steel balance mounted on the backplate, quarter striking and playing one of two tunes on a nest of five bells with thirteen hammers at the hour, the backplate engraved in the neo-classical manner with a vase of flower and floral scrolls, the case with broken-arch top and concave-sided cresting above pierced gilt-brass foliate frets, moulded base and gilt-brass splay feet
25.5cm. 10in. high
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