A GEORGE II STRIKING AND AUTOMATON EIGHT DAY STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT
THE MOVEMENT BY CHRISTOPHER PINCHBECK LONDON, CIRCA 1760, NOW IN AN 18TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT-METAL MOUNTED RED TORTOISESHELL CASE
A GEORGE II STRIKING AND AUTOMATON EIGHT DAY STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT THE MOVEMENT BY CHRISTOPHER PINCHBECK LONDON, CIRCA 1760, NOW IN AN 18TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT-METAL MOUNTED RED TORTOISESHELL CASE CASE: of waisted form, with foliate mounts, pineapple finial to pediment BRACKET: of conforming design DIAL: of waisted outline and painted with a scene to the top showing three automaton carpenters, a woman churning butter and a windmill with revolving sails, silvered chapter ring, gilt matted centre with date aperture, the silvered mock pendulum plate signed 'Pinchbeck London', blued steel hands MOVEMENT: five pillars, with verge escapement, rack strike on bell and re-instated pull quarter repeat on six bells, the back plate elaborately engraved with foliate scrolls and signed 'Chris.h Pinchbeck/London'; two case keys 30 in. (76 cm.) high; 13 in. (33 cm.) wide; 6¾ in. (17 cm.) deep (overall) (2)
A GEORGE II STRIKING AND AUTOMATON EIGHT DAY STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT
THE MOVEMENT BY CHRISTOPHER PINCHBECK LONDON, CIRCA 1760, NOW IN AN 18TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT-METAL MOUNTED RED TORTOISESHELL CASE
A GEORGE II STRIKING AND AUTOMATON EIGHT DAY STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT THE MOVEMENT BY CHRISTOPHER PINCHBECK LONDON, CIRCA 1760, NOW IN AN 18TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT-METAL MOUNTED RED TORTOISESHELL CASE CASE: of waisted form, with foliate mounts, pineapple finial to pediment BRACKET: of conforming design DIAL: of waisted outline and painted with a scene to the top showing three automaton carpenters, a woman churning butter and a windmill with revolving sails, silvered chapter ring, gilt matted centre with date aperture, the silvered mock pendulum plate signed 'Pinchbeck London', blued steel hands MOVEMENT: five pillars, with verge escapement, rack strike on bell and re-instated pull quarter repeat on six bells, the back plate elaborately engraved with foliate scrolls and signed 'Chris.h Pinchbeck/London'; two case keys 30 in. (76 cm.) high; 13 in. (33 cm.) wide; 6¾ in. (17 cm.) deep (overall) (2)
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