A GERMAN BRASS STRIKING AND QUARTER-STRIKING CHAMBER CLOCK
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A GERMAN BRASS STRIKING AND QUARTER-STRIKING CHAMBER CLOCK

GEORG ECTERLE?, CIRCA 1600, THE OUTER CASING LATER

Closed1 October 2013

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GBP 5,250

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A GERMAN BRASS STRIKING AND QUARTER-STRIKING CHAMBER CLOCK
GEORG ECTERLE?, CIRCA 1600, THE OUTER CASING LATER
The rectangular case with turned finials, the dial engraved with Roman chapter ring, half hour star marks, and Arabic 24 hours to inner ring, with subsidiary dial for quarters, the three train movement with verge escapement (formerly balance wheel), quarter striking the hours on two bells and striking the hour on the third bell, with cow tail pendulum across dial, the top plate signed Georg Ecterle(?) to underside of top plate, with weights
15½ in. (39.3 cm.) high; 4 7/8 in. (12.4 cm.) wide

Purchased from Kingston Antiques, Surrey, 25 October 1974, £1,850.