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A fine and very rare late 18th century English ormolu-mounted,…
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Sydney
Date:
25-Jun-2010
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Description:
A fine and very rare late 18th century English ormolu-mounted, satinwood and amaranth-banded musical bracket clock, Vulliamy, London, number 285, surmounted by a stepped caddy top with pineapple finial over applied rams head mounts to the front corners, the body of the clock sweeping down toward a moulded plinth base on ball feet, the signed and numbered 8 inch enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals and matching pierced brass hands, within a cast bezel, set to the right hand side of the case with a tune selection hand offering three songs, a dance, a jig and a minuet, the substantial triple chain fusee movement with anchor type escapement striking the hours on a single bell and playing one of the six tunes each hour on twelve hammers and bells, with wooden rod pendulum with rise and fall regulation through the dial, 74 cm
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Horology (Clocks & watches): Clocks - Bracket