THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
A Victorian gilt-brass striking giant carriage clock
DENT, NO. 1892, CIRCA 1855
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A Victorian gilt-brass striking giant carriage clock
Dent, No. 1892, circa 1855
The case of best quality with large bevelled viewing aperture to the top surmounted by a robust handle partially engraved with foliage on a hatched ground, glazed sides, the right side with push repeat button, deeply chamfered angles applied with ormolu foliate cast decoration, the stepped base on elaborate foliate cast feet, the white enamel Roman dial signed Dent 61 Strand & 34. Royal Exchange London 1892, subsidiary seconds ring at XII, finely made blued steel hands, the gilt mask engraved with scrolling foliage with a central basket of flowers flanked by flowering cornucopiae, the movement with five conical double-screwed pillars and twin chain fusees, maintaining power to the going with platform lever escapement having cut bimetallic balance, strike/repeat on gong on the now spotted back-plate with strike/silent lever and winding squares, the centre engraved Dent, 64. Strand & 34 Royal Exchange London. 1892., the solid rear door secured with a screw in the base and having shutters for wind and hand-set
9½ in. (24 cm.) high
Dent, No. 1892, circa 1855
The case of best quality with large bevelled viewing aperture to the top surmounted by a robust handle partially engraved with foliage on a hatched ground, glazed sides, the right side with push repeat button, deeply chamfered angles applied with ormolu foliate cast decoration, the stepped base on elaborate foliate cast feet, the white enamel Roman dial signed Dent 61 Strand & 34. Royal Exchange London 1892, subsidiary seconds ring at XII, finely made blued steel hands, the gilt mask engraved with scrolling foliage with a central basket of flowers flanked by flowering cornucopiae, the movement with five conical double-screwed pillars and twin chain fusees, maintaining power to the going with platform lever escapement having cut bimetallic balance, strike/repeat on gong on the now spotted back-plate with strike/silent lever and winding squares, the centre engraved Dent, 64. Strand & 34 Royal Exchange London. 1892., the solid rear door secured with a screw in the base and having shutters for wind and hand-set
9½ in. (24 cm.) high