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A walnut marquetry hour and half hour striking longase clock by Fabien Robin in London

A walnut marquetry hour and half hour striking longase clock.

 

Dial: engraved brass dial whit gilt spandrels, silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals, matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture. Foliate pierced steel hands.

Case: with an inlaid caddy cresting surmounted by three metal pinnacles and wood columns, rectangular trunk door inset with well-cut flower marquetry on an ebony ground, similarly decorated plinth.

Movement: brass with rectangular plates, anchor escapement, suspension metallic pendulum, with rack and bell striking.

Signed: "Fabien robin London" on the dia along the lower edgel.

Period: Beginning of XVIII century.

Dimentions: H. 248 cm x W. 46,5 cm x D. 27 cm.

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