French Louis XIV inlaid and ebony Religieuse,
signed Urbain Herquin à Paris on the dial and
the movement. Purple velvet covered dial,
engraved ormolu chapter ring with full outer
minute marking. Finely foliate and engraved gilt hands,
pierced and engraved ornament below, bearing the signature.
Single train movement with five pillars, verge escapement
and silk suspended pendulum, with a very rare and
interesting added strike mechanism, probably specifically
asked by the purchaser at the time, and mounted upside-down
with winder on the right-hand side with outer numbered countwheel
striking on a surmounted bell.
Ebony, tortoiseshell,and pewter veneered case sumouted by an arch.
Two original hooks also allow for hanging on the wall.
Four turned gilt feet.
Height 48cm

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Dutch giant ebonised wood half-hour striking musical
repeating bracket clock, mid-18th C.
Brass dial with matted centre,
mock pendulum and date aperture,
silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals for the hours
and Arabic numerals for the five minutes,
subsidiary dials on the left with days of the week
and on the right with music suppressor (Speelen / niet Speelen)
gilt spandrels, painted moonphase above,
seven pillar three train fusee movement with
verge escapement, hour striking with 28 hammers
on 14 bells or at will, Dutch strike: the hours striking
on a low-pitch bell, the half-hour striking the number
of hours before the hour on a high-pitch bell, both also
on demand with a pull-repeat.
Backplate with fine foliate engraving and pendulum locking hook .
Choice of 6 tunes on subsidiary command above
the moonphase: MENUET GUERINI / MARSCH / GIGA ALLEG /
CANZONETTA / MENUET / AIMABLE VAINCOEUR
Height 64cm.

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A rare late 18th century lacquered striking bracket clock
signed Wicksteed London (Edward Wicksteed, established
1763-1795), for the Dutch market.
Bell top with large handle with four cone finials over
circular and shaped side apertures on a plinth base,
the 7.1/4 inch arched brass dial with moonphase,
the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring
with aperture date and matted centre, alarm ring,
substantial double gut fusee movement with six knopped pillars,
verge escapement, rack striking the hours and the half hours
on two bells in the Dutch fashion, the alarm being set by a pull-string
on the right, the backplate with symmetrical foliate scroll engraving.
Autonomy 8 days.
Height 52cm.

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Very rare Liège table clock signed
JF de Beefe Horloger de Lillu Cathed à Liège.
(Jean-François de Beefe, born 1739, son of Gilles,
and officially appointed clockmaker to the
illustrious Saint Lambert Cathedral in Liège.)
Very fine rosewood marquetry case with
flower pattern inlays of exotic woods.
Engraved brass dial with alarm ring, pewter
chapter ring and name badge, and finely
engraved and pierced gilt hands.
Movement with verge escapement, countwheel
strike in the French fashion and
alarm mechanism with pull-wind.
Height 43cm

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