Lot n° 48
The inverted bell top surmounted by a brass carrying handle over a moulded cornice, glazed sides with circular brass sound frets backed in old silk, terminating in a moulded base raised on four ogee feet. The 7-inch brass break-arch dial with a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, framed by six cast gilt-brass spandrels, with subsidiary Strike/Silent dial to the arch. The finely matted centre with mock pendulum aperture and date aperture, signed in a recessed plaque below XII William Hill, St. Margaret's Hill, London. The double fusee movement with verge escapement, united by five pillars, striking the hours on a bell mounted above the movement via rack and snail, with pull-quarter repeat system repeating the quarters on a nest of six bells and hammers.
The backplate engraved with scrolls and foliate motifs. Ticking, striking and repeating. 52cms (20.5ins) high.
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