A GERMAN CARVED GILTWOOD AND GREEN PAINTED QUARTER-STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK
Lot 44 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 

A GERMAN CARVED GILTWOOD AND GREEN PAINTED QUARTER-STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK

LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY AND LATER

Closed22 September 2011

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GBP 3,750

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A GERMAN CARVED GILTWOOD AND GREEN PAINTED QUARTER-STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK
LATE 18TH/EARLY 19TH CENTURY AND LATER
CASE: lanceolate leaf-moulded hood with shaped later glazed side panels, conforming decoration to the trunk and plinth, the trunk door with further applied carved gilt mouldings and glazed lenticle, redecorated DIAL: 12 in. wide repoussé brass dial with engraved and silvered chapter ring and conforming brass centre, replaced blued steel hands MOVEMENT: the replaced movement with weight-driven going train and fixed barrels for hour and quarter strike trains, dead beat escapement, striking the hours and quarters on two bells; pendulum
105 in. (267 cm.) high; 24½ in. (62 cm.) wide; 13½ in. (34 cm.) deep

Sotheby's house sale, Mentmore, 18-27 May 1977, lot 825.