Thomas Cole Nos. 1884 & 578 A harlequin pair of Victorian engraved gilt-brass and malachite turn-table and tilt-top tripod clocks. Circa 1862 THE FIRST; formed as an occasional table with articulated and rotating top, the pie-crust rim engraved with foliage and set with five malachite panels, beaded gilt concave bezel to the glazed circular silvered dial signed by the retailer Hunt & Roskell, London above the painted Roman chapter ring with blued steel quatrefoil hands, the centre finely engraved with foliage and flowerheads in a quadra-geometric design, the movement with twin going barrels with individual shaped brass plates, the eight day going train with vertically mounted platform lever escapement with flat hairspring to cut bimetallic compensated balance, the strike train with hour strike on a blued steel gong of square section shaped to curve around the movement, the front plate stamped 1884 , the gilt movement cover also stamped 1884 , the slender tripod legs engraved with further foliage and resting on a stepped tripod base adorned with three gilt-brass sphinxes 37½ in. (95 cm.) high dial vertical 28½ in. (73 cm.) high dial horizontal THE SECOND: also with articulated rotating top with foliate engraved pie-crust rim set with five malachite panels, beaded concave bezel to the glazed circular silvered dial with painted Roman chapters and fine blued steel hands, the centre finely engraved with formalised foliate strapwork on a hatched ground, the eight-day going barrel movement with individually plated going and strike trains, the going train with vertically positioned lever platform with gold three-arm balance, the strike train with hour strike on a blued steel gong of circular section curved to form around the movement, the gilt-brass movement cover stamped 1578 at the base, the slender foliate engraved tripod stand on a stepped tripod base adorned with gilt metal sphinxes 38 in. (96.5 cm.) high, dial vertical 28½ in. (73 cm.) high, dial horizontal (2)
Thomas Cole Nos. 1884 & 578 A harlequin pair of Victorian engraved gilt-brass and malachite turn-table and tilt-top tripod clocks. Circa 1862 THE FIRST; formed as an occasional table with articulated and rotating top, the pie-crust rim engraved with foliage and set with five malachite panels, beaded gilt concave bezel to the glazed circular silvered dial signed by the retailer Hunt & Roskell, London above the painted Roman chapter ring with blued steel quatrefoil hands, the centre finely engraved with foliage and flowerheads in a quadra-geometric design, the movement with twin going barrels with individual shaped brass plates, the eight day going train with vertically mounted platform lever escapement with flat hairspring to cut bimetallic compensated balance, the strike train with hour strike on a blued steel gong of square section shaped to curve around the movement, the front plate stamped 1884 , the gilt movement cover also stamped 1884 , the slender tripod legs engraved with further foliage and resting on a stepped tripod base adorned with three gilt-brass sphinxes 37½ in. (95 cm.) high dial vertical 28½ in. (73 cm.) high dial horizontal THE SECOND: also with articulated rotating top with foliate engraved pie-crust rim set with five malachite panels, beaded concave bezel to the glazed circular silvered dial with painted Roman chapters and fine blued steel hands, the centre finely engraved with formalised foliate strapwork on a hatched ground, the eight-day going barrel movement with individually plated going and strike trains, the going train with vertically positioned lever platform with gold three-arm balance, the strike train with hour strike on a blued steel gong of circular section curved to form around the movement, the gilt-brass movement cover stamped 1578 at the base, the slender foliate engraved tripod stand on a stepped tripod base adorned with gilt metal sphinxes 38 in. (96.5 cm.) high, dial vertical 28½ in. (73 cm.) high, dial horizontal (2)
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