Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 5th October 2016
Lot 206
A late Victorian mahogany chiming mantel clock
Estimate £600 - £800 | Hammer £1300
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Description
A late Victorian mahogany chiming mantel clock, the eight day three train movement striking on eight bells and five gongs, the arched dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals and inscribed with the retailers name 'WEST & SON DUBLIN', with gilt cast foliate spandrels and three subsidiary dials for chime / silent,'slow / fast, chime on eight bells / Westminster on Gongs, in an architectural case with gilt brass pineapple finials and Corinthian capital columns, 49.2cm high, 42cm wide, 29.7cm deep.