Geneva, May 12, 2024

LOT 288

UNSIGNED, SWITZERLAND, MUSICAL BRACKET CLOCK, PLAYING A SELECTION OF TEN TUNES ON THE HOUR OR AT WILL, EBONY

CHF 20,000 - 60,000

HKD 174,000 - 520,000 / USD 22,200 - 67,000 / EUR 20,400 - 62,000

TO BE SOLD WITHOUT RESERVE

Sold: CHF 10,000

A very fine and rare, manual wind polychrome painted wood and gilt bronze, 8-day going musical table clock, hour and quarter-striking on two bells, musical bracket clock with cylinder musical mechanism playing on twelve bells with twenty two hammers, playing a selection of ten tunes with sequential consecutive movements on the hour or at will.


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Grade:
Case: 3

Good
Movement: 3*

Good

Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense
Dial: 3-75-01

Good

ENAMEL AND VARIOUS TYPES OF DECORATION Slightly restored soft enamel

HANDS Original

Brand Unsigned, Switzerland

Model musical bracket clock

Year Circa 1780

Length 440

Caliber gilt brass, four pillar, spring barrels for the going and striking trains, verge escapement, brass bob pendulum with silk suspension, striking with two hammers on two bells mounted above the movement, strikework on the backplate. Musical movement: rectangular, gilt brass, massive barrel with fusee and chain, brass pinned cylinder 180 mm long, fly governor with adjustable wings, twelves bells below the cylinder played with 22 hammers

Height 850

Width 320