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• Lot n° 87 A late 17th century ebony veneered quarter repeating basket-top table clock with alarm Joseph Norris, Amsterdam The S-shaped handle on a repousse basket decorated with cherubs, masks, shells and floral swags, framed by a moulded cornice over repousse side frets with oval aperture and foliate mounts to the front door, on a moulded base with bun feet. The 6.25 inch square brass dial with winged cherubs head spandrels and silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, the finely matted centre with decorated date aperture, blued steel hands and a silvered alarm-setting disc, signed along the lower edge Joseph Norris, Amsterdam, with latched dial feet. The movement united by latched vase-shaped pillars latched to the frontplate, the verge escapement with short bob pendulum mounted on a knife edge behind a sliding cover on the cock. The strike train with rack system on a single bell for the hours on the hour, the quarters repeated on three graduated bells and hammers on command from either side via a horizontal bar mounted behind the dial. The alarm sounding on the main hour bell. The backplate with single outer line framing a series of symmetrical flowerheads and vines, centred by the florid signature Joseph Norris, Amsterdam. Ticking, striking and repeating. 38cms (14.5ins) high.