A SICILIAN CORAL-MOUNTED GILT-BRONZE AND BLUE-AND-WHITE ENAMEL ARCHITECTURAL TABLE CABINET Trapani, circa 1700 With central receding arch, flanked on each side by two panels profusely decorated with foliate and divided by pilasters below and herms above, the sides each with four blue velvet-lined walnut drawers, below a balustrade with flaming urns, surmounted by a timepiece with Roman and Arabic chapters, the twin-barrel movement now with platform escapement (with regulation to the front and top plate engraved slow fast), the strike work positioned on the back plate with calibrated countwheel, quarter striking on two bells via two hammers and with pull wind quarter repeat on the same two bells via two further hammers, with punched number '380' to the backplate, under a domed canopy and on a plinth with four small drawers, the whole on cherub-fronted strapwork feet, possibly originally with further finials to the scrolled volutes beside the dial, one finial lacking flames and one partially replaced, with additional plinth above the feet, the engraved gilt-copper casing on the upper section and feet reused from an earlier piece, the clock (excluding the dial and chapter ring which are original) Swiss and second half 18th Century 43 in. (109 cm.) high; 28½ in. (72.5 cm.) wide; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) deep
A SICILIAN CORAL-MOUNTED GILT-BRONZE AND BLUE-AND-WHITE ENAMEL ARCHITECTURAL TABLE CABINET Trapani, circa 1700 With central receding arch, flanked on each side by two panels profusely decorated with foliate and divided by pilasters below and herms above, the sides each with four blue velvet-lined walnut drawers, below a balustrade with flaming urns, surmounted by a timepiece with Roman and Arabic chapters, the twin-barrel movement now with platform escapement (with regulation to the front and top plate engraved slow fast), the strike work positioned on the back plate with calibrated countwheel, quarter striking on two bells via two hammers and with pull wind quarter repeat on the same two bells via two further hammers, with punched number '380' to the backplate, under a domed canopy and on a plinth with four small drawers, the whole on cherub-fronted strapwork feet, possibly originally with further finials to the scrolled volutes beside the dial, one finial lacking flames and one partially replaced, with additional plinth above the feet, the engraved gilt-copper casing on the upper section and feet reused from an earlier piece, the clock (excluding the dial and chapter ring which are original) Swiss and second half 18th Century 43 in. (109 cm.) high; 28½ in. (72.5 cm.) wide; 14 in. (35.5 cm.) deep
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