A RARE MID 18TH CENTURY GERMAN ENGRAVED BRASS TRAVEL CLOCK WITH ALARM T


A RARE MID 18TH CENTURY GERMAN ENGRAVED BRASS TRAVEL CLOCK WITH ALARM The stepped top surmounted by a ring handle and engraved ‘CGvK, 1765 - DvBh 1845’ over glazed side panels within shaped and engraved brass borders, on shaped bracket feet, the 3 inch silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with quatrefoil steel hands and alarm setting disc set over a pair of engraved figures in rococo reserves of shell and scrollwork, the movement with chain fusee to the going train terminating in a verge balance wheel escapement, with standing barrels to the rack strike and alarm acting on a bell mounted in the base 15cms (6ins) to the top of the frame


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