LOT 64 A fine and rare mid 18th century silver-mounted carved mahogany quarter repeating table clock with exhibition provenance Delander, London
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Delander, London Surmounted by a cast handle on an inverted bell top with fine mouldings to a plinth base and block feet, the front and rear doors, all four angles, and the four side windows all framed in carved mahogany borders of egg-and-dart or flowerheads interlaced with flowing ribbon, the 6.25 inch arched brass dial with rise-and-fall regulation dial in the arch (divided into 42 divisions marked in 7s) flanked by silver spandrels depicting a cornucopia and a cherub holding a flowerstalk aloft, over the silvered Roman and Arabic dial framed by silver scroll-and-flower spandrels, the finely matted centre with chamfered mock pendulum aperture revealing the engraved 'bob', chamfered date aperture with pin-hole adjustment and applied nameplate a strike/silent lever at IX, the twin gut fusee movement with rectangular plates united by six knopped pillars, the pivotted verge escapement with adjustable pallets, to a brass rod pendulum with lenticular brass bob secured for transit by a steel hook, rack striking the hours on a bell and repeating the quarters on a run of six bells and hammers, signed in a flowing script to the lower half of the backplate, Delander, London, the high-strokes of the letters flowing into one another. The glazed rear door applied with the original printed label Catalogue Number 150 from the 1952 Science Museum Exhibition 'British Clockmaker's Heritage Exhibition. Running, striking and repeating. 46cms (18ins) high
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