A VICTORIAN GIANT GILT-BRASS STRIKING AND REPEATING EIGHT DAY CARRIAGE CLOCK
JAMES MCCABE, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, NO. 3275. CIRCA 1855
A VICTORIAN GIANT GILT-BRASS STRIKING AND REPEATING EIGHT DAY CARRIAGE CLOCK JAMES MCCABE, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, NO. 3275. CIRCA 1855 CASE: typical McCabe design with reeded handle, bevelled glasses to top and sides, repeat button to top, strike/silent to shuttered solid rear door DIAL: engraved and silvered dial with subsidiary seconds and signed 'JAMES MCCABE/ROYAL EXCHANGE/LONDON/3275', blued steel hands MOVEMENT with twin chain fusees, maintaining power, under-slung lever escapement with monometallic balance to gilt platform, strike/repeat on gong, back plate signed 'James McCabe/London/3273'; original brass-bound mahogany travel box with recessed brass handle, articulated sliding front cover; original numbered winding key 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high, handle down; 6 in. (15 cm.) wide; 5 in. (13 cm.) deep
A VICTORIAN GIANT GILT-BRASS STRIKING AND REPEATING EIGHT DAY CARRIAGE CLOCK
JAMES MCCABE, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, NO. 3275. CIRCA 1855
A VICTORIAN GIANT GILT-BRASS STRIKING AND REPEATING EIGHT DAY CARRIAGE CLOCK JAMES MCCABE, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON, NO. 3275. CIRCA 1855 CASE: typical McCabe design with reeded handle, bevelled glasses to top and sides, repeat button to top, strike/silent to shuttered solid rear door DIAL: engraved and silvered dial with subsidiary seconds and signed 'JAMES MCCABE/ROYAL EXCHANGE/LONDON/3275', blued steel hands MOVEMENT with twin chain fusees, maintaining power, under-slung lever escapement with monometallic balance to gilt platform, strike/repeat on gong, back plate signed 'James McCabe/London/3273'; original brass-bound mahogany travel box with recessed brass handle, articulated sliding front cover; original numbered winding key 8 5/8 in. (22 cm.) high, handle down; 6 in. (15 cm.) wide; 5 in. (13 cm.) deep
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