Charles Cabrier Musical Table Clock, London, c. 1780, the mahogany case with pagoda top, pierced side frets backed with fabric, carrying handles, scrolled feet and brass mounts flanking the tombstone-shaped glazed door over the composite brass dial with silvered Roman numeral chapter ring, subsidiary dials, one for "Strike-Silent" and signed Charles Cabrier, London, the other marked Minuets and numbered 1-6, brass spandrels, matted center, recessed date aperture and engraved and painted moon's age dial in the arch, eight-day, spring-powered, fusee movement with tune pin barrel, fourteen tuned bells, crown-wheel verge escapement with 9- in. pendulum, rack and snail strike system and fully engraved back plate, ht. 23 in.
Charles Cabrier Musical Table Clock, London, c. 1780, the mahogany case with pagoda top, pierced side frets backed with fabric, carrying handles, scrolled feet and brass mounts flanking the tombstone-shaped glazed door over the composite brass dial with silvered Roman numeral chapter ring, subsidiary dials, one for "Strike-Silent" and signed Charles Cabrier, London, the other marked Minuets and numbered 1-6, brass spandrels, matted center, recessed date aperture and engraved and painted moon's age dial in the arch, eight-day, spring-powered, fusee movement with tune pin barrel, fourteen tuned bells, crown-wheel verge escapement with 9- in. pendulum, rack and snail strike system and fully engraved back plate, ht. 23 in.
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