Jeffrey Formby Antiques
A small English gilt carriage clock c1850
(c. 1850 England)
Condition
The clock has been restored and is guaranteed for 12 months.
Description / Expertise
A small English gilt carriage clock, with subsidiary dials for day and date, and striking the hours and half hours on a gong. The engine turned case has retained its original gilding.
The case is of typical English construction the various layers being held together by threaded rods in the corner pillars. The front panel is engine turned and gilded with fine decorative bezels around the dials. The silvered dials are engine turned at the centre and have painted numerals. The top and side panels of the case are also engine turned, the rear-opening door is plain. Case height 6ΒΌ inches including handle.
The 8-day movement has twin chain driven fusees, maintaining power, an underslung platform lever escapement and a plain uncompensated 3-arm balance.
Price
gbp 6950.00 (Pound Sterling)
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