Lot n° 95
A 20th century miniature lantern timepiece with alarm
Signed for Thomas Knifton, London
surmounted by a strapped bell and five turned finials, the three pierced brass frets with engraved detailing to the addorsed dolphins and flowerheads, with typical lift-out side doors, on ball feet, the 3.5 inch wide dial with narrow Roman chapter ring with inner quarter hour track divided by wheatsheaf half-hour markers, signed in two arcs to the upper section of the centre Thomas Knifton at the cross keys, Lothbury London (with pictogram), the lower section decorated with three flowerheads issuing from a foliate base, the centre with engraved alarm setting disc and single blued steel hand, the weight driven movement with short bob pendulum verge escapement and countwheel strike on the bell with alarm work to the back. 21cms high (8.5ins).
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