Stephen Rimbault Musical Table Clock, London, c. 1780, French-style tortoiseshell veneered case with Rococo ormolu mounts and a putto holding a scale and sword, the glazed door with young Chronos over the brass dial with Roman numerals and matted center, faux pendulum aperture signed S. Rimbault London and painted floral and musical themed decoration around the perimeter, eight-day, brass, five-pillar fusee movement with front-mounted rack and snail hour strike, verge escapement, 5 1/2-in. flat bob pendulum, separate four-pillar, fusee pin barrel musical train with eight bells, fourteen hammers and outboard adjustable fly, ht. 21 1/2 in.
Stephen Rimbault Musical Table Clock, London, c. 1780, French-style tortoiseshell veneered case with Rococo ormolu mounts and a putto holding a scale and sword, the glazed door with young Chronos over the brass dial with Roman numerals and matted center, faux pendulum aperture signed S. Rimbault London and painted floral and musical themed decoration around the perimeter, eight-day, brass, five-pillar fusee movement with front-mounted rack and snail hour strike, verge escapement, 5 1/2-in. flat bob pendulum, separate four-pillar, fusee pin barrel musical train with eight bells, fourteen hammers and outboard adjustable fly, ht. 21 1/2 in.
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