Explore this late nineteenth-century ebonised and gilt-bronze mounted musical longcase clock with an impressive architectural design. The ebonised case features gilt bronze neoclassical-inspired masks and mounts, creating a striking visual impact.
The hood showcases an arched form with a glazed door, flanked by free fluted columns topped with gilt bronze Corinthian capitals and stylized lion finials. The frieze and arch are adorned with applied foliate mounts, adding to the clock's decorative appeal.
In the trunk, a rectangular glazed door bordered by mouldings is flanked by engaged columns with gilt bronze mounts. The base panel features a central female mask and corner foliate ornamentation, enhancing the overall elegance of the piece.
This exquisite timepiece boasts an arched brass dial with a silvered chapter ring, cast gilt bronze spandrels, and decorative arch accents. The clock includes subsidiary selection dials for chime/silent and tune regulation, offering Cambridge chimes on eight bells and an additional chime sequence on ten bells.
The brass arch features a moon phase aperture with a lunar calendar scale, Zodiac symbols, and month and date indication on a silvered dial. The clock is powered by a substantial eight-day, three-train movement with a pinned cylinder musical train and a nest of eleven bells with eleven hammers.
Additional features include quarter chiming with separate hour/half-hour strike, chime repetition, an anchor escapement for movement regulation, a brass disc pendulum, three brass weights, two winding keys, and a case door key. Don't miss the opportunity to own this exceptional timekeeping masterpiece available at Duggleby Auctioneers.