A GEORGE III ORMOLU MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL VENEERED QUARTER-STRIKING AND REPEATING MUSICAL TABLE CLOCK

Lot 63
29.10.2025 00:00UTC +00:00
Classic
Vendu
£ 33 020
AuctioneerCHRISTIE'S
Lieu de l'événementRoyaume-Uni, London
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Lot 63 | A GEORGE III ORMOLU MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL VENEERED QUARTER-STRIKING AND REPEATING MUSICAL TABLE CLOCK
Valeur estimée
£ 30 000 – 50 000
CASE: Of architectural outline, the domed top with pierced, silk-backed trellis below a flambeau vase finial, the arched sides between outset bifurcating corbels, the front and rear glazed doors with gilt-brass banding, with pierced, silk-backed, foliate scroll panels to the sides, the plinth raised on scroll feet
DIAL: the 41/4 inch silvered arched dial plate decorated overall with blue and green champlevé enamel flowerheads and garlands, the white enamel dial with Ottoman hour and minute indications, pierced and engraved gilt hands and signed ‘MARWICK MARKHAM / PERIGAL LONDON’, two subsidiary dials above for ‘CHIME / NOT CHIME’ and musical selection ‘BENI SAIKIT / SABAC HAFIF / SAMAHE / USCHAE DEVIR’
MOVEMENT: the three-train movement with shaped plates joined by seven ringed pillars, with verge escapement and rack striking to bell, the pin barrel musical train with four position cam activating fourteen hammers and striking on eight bells, the bob pendulum with holdfast, the backplate engraved with garlands and scrolls about an oval reserve signed ‘MARKWICK / MARKHAM / PERIGAL / LONDON’; together with a pine travel case, of tapering form with paper label ‘PERA PALACE / CONSTANTINOPLE’
163/4 in. (42.5 cm.) high; 101/2 in. (26.5 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20.3 cm.) deep
Adresse de l'enchère CHRISTIE'S
8 King Street, St. James's
SW1Y 6QT London
Royaume-Uni
Aperçu
15.10.2025 – 29.10.2025
Téléphone +44 (0)20 7839 9060
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