A rare mid 19th century skeleton clock by John Pace, Bury St. Edmunds, with musical movement....

A rare mid 19th century skeleton clock by John Pace, Bury St. Edmunds, with musical movement. Having a fine gilt Arabic chapter ring framing blued steel spade hands and an exposed gut-driven movement with wheels of five crossings, raised on twin c-scroll supports to a brass oval base engraved "JOHN PACE Bury St Edmunds", the brass base plate stamped several times beneath "PACE BURY ST EDMUNDS", with cut-out and blued steel wavy connecting rod to a later gut-driven fusee musical movement by Reuge, St. Croix, with 2" barrel and complete comb, playing a Brahms waltz and a Mozart serenade, Reuge label beneath, original red octagonal paper label within of John Pace, on ebonised base and brass ball feet, 13.75", (35cm) high overall. Similar examples without musical movement were sold last year by Christie's King Street, 17th March lot 121 and Bonhams New Bond Street, 13th December lot 64. Literature: see Derek Roberts, 'British Skeleton Clocks' (ACC, 1987), p.89 and F. B. Royer-Colllard, 'Skeleton Clocks' (NAG 1969), p.14.