Lot 218
R Rolfe, Gloucester Street, Clerkenwell. A mid Victorian oak bracket clock in the Gothic taste, the silvered arch topped Roman dial with subsidiary chime/silent and advance/retard dials, signed and decorated with foliate engraved spandrels. The triple fusee quarter repeating movement striking 8 bells and chiming gong - missing, the case of architectural form with foliate carved door flanked by quadruple cluster column supports on a shaped plinth base 29"h x 20"w x 11"d SOLD £1400

All of the finials are loose & detached and there are some small losses to the case. There is additional packing timber to the tops of two of the cluster columns replacing 2 capitals. Some moulding to the lower case is missing. The movement appears complete but dirty. The movement has been re-bushed - there are no extraneous holes. The gong is missing. There are 2 holes in the back of the case and two cracks to the top. The dial is tarnished and has some loss of silvering.

From Clocks in the Clocks, Watches and Timepieces section in our Antique, Fine Art and Collectables auction held on Wednesday 15th of May 2013