A George II brass mounted ebonised table clock Stephen
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A George II brass mounted ebonised table clock Stephen Asselin, London, mid 18th century The five pillar twin fusee movement with Ho-Ho bird inhabited symmetrical foliate scroll backplate and 7 inch brass break-arch dial with false bob and calendar apertures to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed STEP N ASSELIN, LONDON to lower edge, the angles with gilt Indian mask and scroll cast spandrels beneath subsidiary STRIKE/SILENT selection dial flanked by conforming mounts to arch, in a break-arch top with hinged brass carrying handle and brass fillet edged pad over complex top mouldings and brass fillet inset glazed break-arch front door applied with cast ropetwist mounts to angles, the sides with rectangular windows, the rear with break-arch glazed door, on cavetto moulded base with brass ogee bracket feet, (lacking all under dial motion and strike work, repeat mechanism, escapement and hands; case distressed and with some worm damage), 40.5cm (16ins) high excluding handle. Provenance: The estate of Michael Hurst. A Stephen Asselin is recorded in Loomes, Brian Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700 as working in London from circa 1700.
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A George II brass mounted ebonised table clock Stephen
Estimate £500 - £800
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