AN UNUSUAL EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD WEIGHT-DRIVEN SKELETON CLOCK UNSIGNED. CIRCA 1840 THE MOVEMENT WITH ARCHED BRASS PLATES WITH FOUR PILLARS, THE SKELETONISED FRONT PLATE APPLIED WITH A SILVERED ARABIC CHAPTER RING WITH BRASS HANDS, THE FOUR WHEEL TRAIN WITH ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT, WEIGHT-DRIVEN BARREL WITH LARGE CIRCULAR LEAD WEIGHT DESCENDING WITHIN THE PLINTH AND WOUND VIA A STEEL ARBOR IN THE BASE TO THE RIGHT SIDE, THE MOVEMENT COVERED BY A GLASS SHADE FLANKED BY FOUR BRASS BALL FINIALS, THE ROSEWOOD BASE ON BUN FEET AND WITH DOOR TO REAR 20 IN. (51 CM.) HIGH
AN UNUSUAL EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD WEIGHT-DRIVEN SKELETON CLOCK UNSIGNED. CIRCA 1840 THE MOVEMENT WITH ARCHED BRASS PLATES WITH FOUR PILLARS, THE SKELETONISED FRONT PLATE APPLIED WITH A SILVERED ARABIC CHAPTER RING WITH BRASS HANDS, THE FOUR WHEEL TRAIN WITH ANCHOR ESCAPEMENT, WEIGHT-DRIVEN BARREL WITH LARGE CIRCULAR LEAD WEIGHT DESCENDING WITHIN THE PLINTH AND WOUND VIA A STEEL ARBOR IN THE BASE TO THE RIGHT SIDE, THE MOVEMENT COVERED BY A GLASS SHADE FLANKED BY FOUR BRASS BALL FINIALS, THE ROSEWOOD BASE ON BUN FEET AND WITH DOOR TO REAR 20 IN. (51 CM.) HIGH
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