LOT 142 A CONTINENTAL CARVED OAK LONGCASE CLOCK
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A CONTINENTAL CARVED OAK LONGCASE CLOCKFLEMISH AND FRENCH COMTOISE, LATE 18th CENTURY AND LATERThe Comtoise-type posted movement with the trains set side-by side, the going with inverted verge escapement regulated by seconds pendulum and the strike with vertical gravity rack sounding on a bell mounted above the frame, with incomplete/disconnected alarm mechanism, square section corner uprights and concentric ring decorated pressed japanned backplate, now fitted with a 10.25 inch brass break-arch dial with rococo scroll engraved centre within applied Roman numeral chapter ring, with scroll pierced brass hands and rococo cast spandrels to angles beneath arch centred with a rose engraved boss flanked by conforming mounts, now in a Flemish carved oak case with elaborate open-work rococo scroll crest to the generous cavetto moulded break-arch cornice incorporating further scroll motifs to the canted angles, over ogee-moulded hinged glazed dial aperture flanked by pendant leafy trails and with rectangular side apertures to hood, the slender trunk with conforming scroll-carved decoration to the concave throat flanked by bearded male masks to angles, over panelled shaped top trunk door carved with three further rococo motifs with the centre incorporating the lenticle, flanked by concave canted angles and with further panel mouldings to sides, on conforming plinth base with complex architectural top mouldings and plain skirt resting on a horizontal panel.244cm (104ins) high, 58.5cm (23ins) wide, 29cm (11.5ins) deep.
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