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Donnington Priory Salerooms

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A Victorian carved oak quarter-chiming bracket clock<br />

Barraud and Lunds, London, mid 19th century<br />

The substantial triple chain fusee movement with rise/fall regulation, chiming the quarters on eight bells and striking the<br />

hour on a gong, with heavy wooden-rod pendulum and signed Barraud & Lunds Cornhill, London, 2149 to backplate, the<br />

8 inch circular silvered brass Roman numeral dial with repeat signature to centre and regulation adjustment square at 12<br />

o’clock, the case with lion mask centred shallow arch capped shaped pediment and spire finials above finely carved<br />

foliate blind-fret infill to spandrel areas flanked by conforming masks to the canted angles, the sides with stretched<br />

octagonal shaped sound frets, on moulded stepped base with repeating vacant lozenge infill and canted feet with shaped<br />

apron between, 69cm high on a slightly later plinth stand with projecting canted angles, 75cm high overall.<br />

£800-1,200<br />

01635 553553<br />

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