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RETAILED BY CLOUD & SHAPLAND, LONDON, LATE 19TH CENTURY
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A LATE VICTORIAN GILT-BRONZE-MOUNTED AND BRASS-INLAID ROSEWOOD QUARTER-CHIMING DIRECTORS' CLOCK
RETAILED BY CLOUD & SHAPLAND, LONDON, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The break arch case with urn and pinecone finials, Corinthian column supports to the angles and inlaid with scrolling foliage overall, the arch inlaid with a flowering basket, pierced sunburst frets to sides with cherub heads to centre, silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, subsidiary dials for 'chime/silent', regulation and 'chime on eight bells/Westminster chimes', with plaque for CLOUD&SHAPLAND, 207 HIGH HOLBORN LONDON beneath, brass spandrels, the three train chain fusee movement with anchor escapement, chiming on eight bells and striking on a gong, the backplate with snail finish, with pendulum; case key
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) wide; 11¼ in. (28.4 cm.) deep
RETAILED BY CLOUD & SHAPLAND, LONDON, LATE 19TH CENTURY
The break arch case with urn and pinecone finials, Corinthian column supports to the angles and inlaid with scrolling foliage overall, the arch inlaid with a flowering basket, pierced sunburst frets to sides with cherub heads to centre, silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, subsidiary dials for 'chime/silent', regulation and 'chime on eight bells/Westminster chimes', with plaque for CLOUD&SHAPLAND, 207 HIGH HOLBORN LONDON beneath, brass spandrels, the three train chain fusee movement with anchor escapement, chiming on eight bells and striking on a gong, the backplate with snail finish, with pendulum; case key
29½ in. (75 cm.) high; 17¾ in. (45 cm.) wide; 11¼ in. (28.4 cm.) deep
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