A rare dated, late 18th century ebonised quarter chiming
bracket clock signed Delamotte, 1778.
(Nicolas Louis Delamotte, established in Rouen 1761)
Bell top with large handle and applied scroll mount,
with four cone finials over circular and shaped side
apertures on a plinth base,
the 7.75 inch arched brass dial with signed and dated
plaque set between the twin subsidiaries for strike/silent
and regulation, the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring
with concentric date and matted centre,
substantial triple gut fusee movement with six knopped pillars,
verge escapement rack striking the hours on a bell and
the quarters on a nest of eight bells and hammers,
the backplate with symmetrical foliate scroll engraving.
Height 52cm.

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Brass mounted ebonised Bracket Clock by
Stephenson, London, early 19th C.
8-inch convex painted dial similarly signed ,
with pierced blued steel hands
Five pillar bell striking and trip
repeating fusee movement with anchor escapement.
The backplate with an engraved border, the moulded
broken-arch case with carrying handle and brass
framed pad top, the front and the sides inset with
scale frets and raised on bracket feet.
Height 40cm

EUR 8000,-

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English walnut veneered quarter chiming
repeating bracket clock, mid-18th C,
for the continental market.
Brass dial with matted center,
mock pendulum above and date aperture,
enamel chapter rings with arabic numerals,
signed William Davis Londini Fecit,
gilt spandrels,
subsidiary for strike all/silent/no quarters
and pendulum adjustment above,
eight pillar three train fusee movement with
verge escapement, quarter chiming with 6 hammers
on 6 bells or at will, hour striking on a bell.
Backplate with fine foliate engraving similarly signed.
Height 63cm

EUR 14,000.-

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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

EUR 15000.-

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George III ebonised striking balloon bracket clock
signed Wright, London. Circa 1780.
The case of waisted form with brass handles
to the sides and concave moulding to the top surmounted
by a pineapple finial, the front applied with a brass
sunburst centred by an Apollo mask above a ribbon-tied
wreath, the arched and moulded base on brass bracket feet,
the 7¼in. diameter painted dial signed Wright London
with Roman chapters with arrowhead blued steel hands,
seconds ring beneath XII and calendar ring above VI,
the movement with fusees and spring barrels with gut lines
deadbeat escapement with Graham-type pallets
strike train with vertical fly driven by worm-and-wheel
and strike on a bell on the plain backplate.
Height 54cm

EUR 11,500.-

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French Louis XIV inlaid and ebony Religieuse,
signed Pierre Duchesne à Paris on the dial and
the movement.
Two train movement with five pillars, verge escapement
and silk suspended pendulum, outer numbered countwheel
striking on a surmonted bell.
Contrepartie ebony, tortoiseshell, pewter and brass
veneered case sumouted by four finials.

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