A NORTH EUROPEAN STAINED RED TORTOISESHELL AND SILVERED-METAL MOUNTED TIMEPIECE TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT
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A NORTH EUROPEAN STAINED RED TORTOISESHELL AND SILVERED-METAL MOUNTED TIMEPIECE TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT

LATE 17TH CENTURY AND LATER

Closed20 October 2011

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A NORTH EUROPEAN STAINED RED TORTOISESHELL AND SILVERED-METAL MOUNTED TIMEPIECE TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT
LATE 17TH CENTURY AND LATER
CASE: with handle to silk-backed pierced basket top, silver-metal mounts to front and sides, glazed side panels DIAL: winged cherub spandrels to silvered chapter ring, engraved gilt center with mock pendulum aperture, blued steel hands, MOVEMENT: single fusee wound from rear, verge escapement, with pull quarter repeat on bell, the back plate with engraved border and signed 'LUNDON' within an oval and later inscribed 'TORIN,' the dial and movement associated to the case, some of the mounts apparently silver
18 in. (46 cm.) handle up