two train weight driven movement with pendulum verge escapement, bell stiking on the hour 1 to 12 and also past the hour on a double 6 system, duration approximately 30 hours, with additional weight driven alarm train, silvered dial with Roman numerals behind the small alarm dial with Arabic numerals, case on paw feet and stepped base, the front and hinged side panels (possibly later) with carved scrolling foliage on a matted ground, plain back with exposed count wheel, front mounted pendulum, top with reduced ball finials and apparently freestanding bell below a later spire finial, 15.5cm high excluding modern black painted metal bracket
Sold for £2,600
two train weight driven movement with pendulum verge escapement, bell stiking on the hour 1 to 12 and also past the hour on a double 6 system, duration approximately 30 hours, with additional weight driven alarm train, silvered dial with Roman numerals behind the small alarm dial with Arabic numerals, case on paw feet and stepped base, the front and hinged side panels (possibly later) with carved scrolling foliage on a matted ground, plain back with exposed count wheel, front mounted pendulum, top with reduced ball finials and apparently freestanding bell below a later spire finial, 15.5cm high excluding modern black painted metal bracket
Auction: European Works of Art, 22nd Nov, 2023