Quality Carved Oak Triple Fusee Bracket Clock. 7 in. silvered dial with black Roman hour numerals, black 5 minute numbers outside, brass back plate with applied gilt brass filigree, silvered sub dials for Chime/Silent, Beat Adjustment & Chime on 8 Bells/Westminster; signed on a silvered tag ÂFattorini & SonsÂ. Quality brass 8 day triple chain fusee movement, unsigned, has an half hour strike on a nest of 8 bells at the top of the movement and strikes the hour on a large coiled gong, quality brass pendulum with lockdown hardware; movement is very clean and in running condition. In an oak case with a clean French polished finish, broken pediment crest with brass finial, turned side columns and turned feet, beveled door glass. English sterling silver engraved presentation plaque on the front to Reverend Herbert Burges Hunt, the Vicar of Wyke by his Parishioners, October 1892; also accompanied by a letter dated 1971 which was typed by a named ÂEric G.G. Lowe in an attempt to research Mr. Hunt. 27.25 in. high x 17.5 in. wide x 12.5 in. deep.
Mahogany & Bronze Fusee Bracket Clock. Brass dial has a 6 in. silvered chapter ring with black Roman hour numerals, fancy pierced hands, gilt brass corner spandrels and bronze door bezel with beveled glass, switches for Silent/Chime & Chime on 8 Bells/ Chime on 4 Gongs; quality brass triple fusee spring driven movement has a progressive quarter hour strike chiming Whittington on 8 cupped bells or Westminster on 4 coiled gongs and the hour on a cathedral gong. In a mahogany case with pierced gilt bronze filigree and handle at the top, turned corner finials, pierced side panels and stands on claw feet; refinished, missing mounts on the chamfered front corners and trim around the bottom. 23 in. high x 14 in. wide x 11 in. deep.
Mahogany 9 Tube Fusee Bracket Clock
- Estimate:
- [restrict paid=ture]$8,000 – $12,000[/restrict]
- Auctioneer:
- [restrict paid=ture]Fontaine's Auction Gallery[/restrict]
- Sold Price:
- [restrict paid=ture]$13,500[/restrict]
- Sold Date:
- [restrict paid=ture]8:00 AM – May 17, 2014[/restrict]
Carved Mahogany 9 Tube Triple Fusee Lg. Bracket Clock. Arched brass dial has a 6 in. silvered chapter ring with applied brass hour numbers, sub dials for beat regulator, Chime/Silent & Chime on 4 Tubes/Chime on 8 Tubes and decorated with engraved gilt and pierced brass filigree. Quality brass triple fusee spring driven movement by Winterhalder & Hofmeier, signed W&H Sch. Germany and numbered Â1Â, has 8 hanging tubes in the case striking either a progressive Westminster (on 4) or Whittington (on 8) and striking the hour on the ninth tube. In a carved mahogany case with scrolling crest over a fish scale carved dome, lions heads, filigree and a mythical face on the frieze; the corner pilasters are carved with lions heads over scrolled leaf and hanging fruit with beveled glass in the front door and leaf & berry carving around the door frame. Case has a cleaned & enhanced original finish and is in good overall condition with minor losses to the trim work at the top, movement is in running condition and striking, pendulum bob is missing its brass cover. 27 in. high x 16.5 in. wide x 11.5 in. deep.