Lot 640W
A large and impressive mid 18th century English ebonised twelve-tune musical bracket clock George Graham, London
25 June 2010, 10:30 AEST
SydneySold for AU$66,000 inc. premium
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Find your local specialistA large and impressive mid 18th century English ebonised twelve-tune musical bracket clock
George Graham, London
surmounted by a large flambe finial on a bell shaped caddy over a double stepped plinth set with eight graduated finials, with pierced sound frets over a pair of side handles and further sound frets on a plinth base banded in brass and set on ogee bracket feet, the 9 inch arched brass dial with silvered plaque giving the choice of twelve tunes to include 'Ld. Hoods Delight; Madrigal; William Far away; Air by Handell (sic); Astley's Hornpipe; Should ye Rude Hand of Care; Forest Hunt; Maid of the Mill; Malbrone; Richmonds Minuet; Mirth and Glee and Robinson Crusoe', over a painted moonphase showing the age of the moon, the applied Roman and Arabic chapter ring with subsidiaries in the corners for strike/not strike and chime/not chime, with pierced scroll spandrels, the signed silvered centre engraved with foliage and set with a date aperture, the substantial triple fusee movement with verge escapement playing on thirteen bells and twenty five hammers, with foliate-engraved backplate shaped at the upper corners to accommodate the 28.5cm (11 inch) long pinned barrel, with hour repeat and tune repeat cords to either side, 97cm high
surmounted by a large flambe finial on a bell shaped caddy over a double stepped plinth set with eight graduated finials, with pierced sound frets over a pair of side handles and further sound frets on a plinth base banded in brass and set on ogee bracket feet, the 9 inch arched brass dial with silvered plaque giving the choice of twelve tunes to include 'Ld. Hoods Delight; Madrigal; William Far away; Air by Handell (sic); Astley's Hornpipe; Should ye Rude Hand of Care; Forest Hunt; Maid of the Mill; Malbrone; Richmonds Minuet; Mirth and Glee and Robinson Crusoe', over a painted moonphase showing the age of the moon, the applied Roman and Arabic chapter ring with subsidiaries in the corners for strike/not strike and chime/not chime, with pierced scroll spandrels, the signed silvered centre engraved with foliage and set with a date aperture, the substantial triple fusee movement with verge escapement playing on thirteen bells and twenty five hammers, with foliate-engraved backplate shaped at the upper corners to accommodate the 28.5cm (11 inch) long pinned barrel, with hour repeat and tune repeat cords to either side, 97cm high
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Purchased from Dennis Eccles in 1986.