Estimate

5.000 - 7.000

Session 1

10 October 2018

Hammer Price

Description

Mahogany case decorated with gilt bronze mounts with caryatids and floral motifs
With five pinnacles and gilt and pierced bronze decoration
Painted metal dial with roman numbers, signed "Brockbanks London"
Seconds dial, "CHIME/ NOT CHIME" option and ten melodies
Gilt metal mechanism signed "Brockbanks London"
Back plaque with chiselled decoration
Strikes hours and quarters, with a thirteen bell and hammer carillon
England, second half of the 18th century
(untested mechanism)

86x43x34 cm

Category

Watches

Additional Information

John and Myles Brockbank were proeminet English clockmakers. In 1780 the two founded the company "Brockbanks" and specialized in high quality chromometers and clocks for the Chinese market