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William and Mary ebonised two train bracket clock

William and Mary ebonised two train bracket clock with pull quarter repeat on six bells by Guiguer, London, c. 1687, signed on the engraved backplate and within the silvered chapter ring. With calendar aperture, strike/silent lever, verge escapement, 15.75 inches high, handle up.
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Eight day blue Chinoiserie decorated mantel/desk timepiece

Eight day blue Chinoiserie decorated mantel/desk timepiece with English movement, lever escapement, gilded chapter ring and hands, c. 1930, approximately 8 inches square.
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Rosewood cased double fusée bracket clock

Regency brass inlaid rosewood cased double fusée bracket clock striking the hours on a bell, 8 inch convex white enamel dial signed ‘Viner & Co. Royal Exchange London’ with blued steel hands, surmounted by stepped pediment with brass pineapple finial, height 20.5 inches, c. 1820
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Exceptionally rare Viennese wall timepiece

Exceptionally rare Viennese wall timepiece with skeletonised dial, and subsidiary dials showing days of the week and dates of the month, signed Detter in Wien, 1830, in Lanterndluhr rosewood case, oval weight and steel pendulum rod, month duration, overall height approx. 52 inches.
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Edwardian two train mantel clock

Edwardian inlaid mahogany cased eight day lancet top two train mantel clock, white enamel dial with Arabic numerals, striking the hours and half hours on a coiled gong, made in France by Japy Freres & Co., height 11.5 inches.
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Vienna regulator wall clock

Walnut and ebonised cased double weight Vienna regulator wall clock , striking on the hours and half hours on a gong, two piece enamel dial, signed by Gustav Becker, c. 1880, height 49 inches
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Brass cased French carriage timepiece

Brass cased French carriage timepiece white enamel dial with Roman numerals, cylinder escapement, in corniche style case, c. 1880, height 6 inches, handle up.
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Mahogany bow front stick barometer

Mahogany bow front stick barometer, the case with moulded pediment, urn shaped cistern cover flanked by inlaid canted corners, the silvered barometer dial with Vernier scale signed J. Spelzini, 91 Leather Lane, Holborn, the mercury thermometer with silvered scale.
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Mahogany bow front stick barometer

Mahogany bow front stick barometer, the case with swan neck pediment, urn shaped cistern cover flanked by inlaid canted corners, silvered dial with Vernier scale signed William Dowling, Lincolns Inn Passage, London, c. 1825
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Mahogany cased stick barometer

Mahogany cased stick barometer inlaid with boxwood stringing, the engraved silvered dial with Vernier scale and thermometer, signed M. Woller, Birmingham, c. 1815
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