A fine and rare mid-18th century ebonised single pad top striking table clock Alexander Cummings...

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A fine and rare mid-18th century ebonised single pad top striking table clock Alexander Cummings, London The case surmounted by a brass carrying handle over a pad top with moulded cornice to a simple front, the sides with glazed observation windows, terminating in a moulded base and standing on four brass ogee feet. The 6 inch brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with matted centre and calendar aperture, framed by four cast brass spandrels with subsidiary dials for strike/silent and pendulum rise and fall within engraved floral decoration, signed on a silvered plaque Alex Cummings, London with blued steel hands. The fine five pillar movement with double gut fusee and verge escapement with short pendulum secured by a brass pendulum lock, the back plate finely engraved with floral decoration, striking the hours on a bell mounted above, currently ticking and striking, sold with one case key and three winding keys including the original brass key. 38cms (15ins) high. Footnotes: Provenance With Anthony Woodburn, Tonbridge, where bought by the previous owner in July 1990. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing

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A fine and rare mid-18th century ebonised single pad top striking table clock Alexander Cummings...

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