A GEORGE II RED JAPANNED AND GILT-BRASS MOUNTED QUARTER-CHIMING TABLE CLOCK
CHARLES CABRIER, LONDON, CIRCA 1760
CASE: Chinoiserie decorated overall with urn finials to bell top (one lacking), caryatids to the chamfered angles and strapwork sound frets to the sides, glazed arched rear door and raised on scroll feet DIAL: the 8 inch brass dial with pierced foliate spandrels, the silvered dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes, date aperture and pierced steel hands signed 'Chas. Cabrier / Londres', subsidiary selection dial above 'MUSICA / SILENCIO' MOVEMENT: the three-train fusee movement with verge escapement, the plates joined by six knopped pillars, chiming the quarters on eight bells and striking the hour on a single bell, with trip repeat, the foliate engraved backplate signed to the lower edge 'Chas. Cabrier, Londres'
21.3/4 in. (55.2 cm.) high; 15.1/2 in. (39.4 cm.) wide; 9.1/2 in. (24 cm.) deep
A GEORGE II RED JAPANNED AND GILT-BRASS MOUNTED QUARTER-CHIMING TABLE CLOCK
CHARLES CABRIER, LONDON, CIRCA 1760
CASE: Chinoiserie decorated overall with urn finials to bell top (one lacking), caryatids to the chamfered angles and strapwork sound frets to the sides, glazed arched rear door and raised on scroll feet DIAL: the 8 inch brass dial with pierced foliate spandrels, the silvered dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes, date aperture and pierced steel hands signed 'Chas. Cabrier / Londres', subsidiary selection dial above 'MUSICA / SILENCIO' MOVEMENT: the three-train fusee movement with verge escapement, the plates joined by six knopped pillars, chiming the quarters on eight bells and striking the hour on a single bell, with trip repeat, the foliate engraved backplate signed to the lower edge 'Chas. Cabrier, Londres'
21.3/4 in. (55.2 cm.) high; 15.1/2 in. (39.4 cm.) wide; 9.1/2 in. (24 cm.) deep
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