AN INTERESTING MAHOGANY TUBULAR QUARTER CHIMING AND STRIKING LONGCASE CLOCK
The dial signed Thomas Harben, Lewes, late 18th Century, dial adapted and quarter chiming work fitted late 19th Century
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£700 - £1,000
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Hammer price:
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£500 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
The hood with a wavy cresting, three brass finials, above dentil ornament, glazed door and fluted column uprights, the trunk with a well-figured arched panel door, above a panelled base on swept bracket feet; the 12 in. arched brass dial (originally square) with later fitted sector with moonphase, above foliate cast spandrels and silvered chapter ring, enclosing an engraved centre with seconds subsidiary recess and calendar sector, pierced blued steel hands, the twin train five-pillar movement with anchor escapement and later fitted with a weight driven, side facing quarter chiming mechanism, on eight tubes and striking the hour on a larger tube (case associated, dial and movement adapted)
233 cm high
Thomas Harben, father and son, are recorded as working in Lewes throughout the eighteenth century.
Condition report:
1 pendulum. 3 weights. 3 winding keys, 9 tubes
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