Lot 652
A Victorian brass skeleton timepiece with passing strike. The 6.25-inch pierced multi-lobed...
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Lot 652
A Victorian brass skeleton timepiece with passing strike. The 6.25-inch pierced multi-lobed...
Lot 652
Lot Description
A Victorian brass skeleton timepiece with passing strike. The 6.25-inch pierced multi-lobed chapter ring before a four-pillar gut-driven single-fusee movement with wheels of four crossings, the architectural triple-spire frame surmounted by a vertical bell with pikestaff hammer, 13", (33cm) high, on an oval white marble plinth and ebonised base with intact oval glass dome, 19", (49cm) high overall.
Postage: Auction Default
Weight: No
Total lot weight: No
Condition Report
Chapter ring is cream painted not silvered. Gut line may need replacing. Dome could be a good replacement - slightly out of shape with base - but otherwise sound.
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