Lot 202

Dresden, Height 150 mm, circa 1730
An early Dresden quarter hour / hour repeating officer's carriage clock with alarm
Case: brass, engraved decoration on the front plate: acanthus, a fruit basket and an eagle with spread wings, beyond the "XII" engraved regulating scale, friction-fit glazed side panels, contoured pediment, pusher for repetition to the right, round handle on top, contoured brass block feet, rear bell, back with three winding apertures. Dial: silver chapter ring with inlaid radial Roman hours, applied central brass alarm disc, blued iron hands. Movm.: rectangular brass full plate movement, keywind, chain/fusee, 2 hammers, baluster movement pillars, 2 barrels, verge escapement, three-arm brass balance.

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