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William Gib, Black table-topper with double-basket and in richly engraved backplate, clock clock timepiece measuring instrument

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William Gib, Black table-topper with double-basket and in richly engraved backplate, clock clock timepiece measuring instrument wood oak brass steel textile, Rectangular base on four gilded brass reversed bowl-shaped feet with edge in the middle. At the bottom profiled frame around. On the front and rear square door with square glass pane. On the wood of the doors around the glass four driven gilt brass ornaments with rocaille vases and other symmetrical motifs. Along the top surface double profiled frame with four pinnacles on the corner points in the form of an urn with flame. Centrally on the upper surface so-called 'double basket' of driven and ajour sawn gilded brass with on the corner points of the upper part four small pinnacles also urns with flame and as crown an ornamented handle. The basket with the busts of Roman emperors in an arch with twisted columns with vases on both sides with flowers on an edge of drop-shaped ornaments. We find the arches with twisting pillars and the portrait busts and the ajour sawn and driven gilded brass ornaments in the sides of the clock. The clockwork with three gears for going work with snek and spillgang pendulum with knife suspension saw beat with snek on bell and quarters play with snek on five bells. The back plate is framed by an engraved leaf-herringbone motif and in the center complicated set of acanthus leaves birds masons and moldings. Central engraved cartouche with signature below the middle. The movement is secured with two hooks with screws at the back in the cabinet. The square dial with rectangular window in the roughened center for the date indication three windings and an elongated curved window for the pendulum locker. The silver plated brass figure ring with Roman numerals for the hours and Arabic numerals for the five-minute. Minute dashes between two concentric circles and hour markers on the inside of the ring on circle. Declaration of half-quarters

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT19B51_367

Model release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

104,3Mo (3,4Mo) / 41,5cm x 63,0cm / 4899 x 7442 (300dpi)

Mots clés

William Gib Black table-topper double-basket richly engraved backplate clock timepiece measuring instrument wood oak brass steel textile Rectangular base four gilded reversed bowl-shaped feet middle bottom profiled frame front rear square door glass pane doors glass four driven gilt ornaments rocaille vases symmetrical motifs top surface double profiled frame pinnacles corner points urn flame Centrally upper - 'double basket' ajour sawn gilded urns crown ornamented handle basket busts Roman emperors arch twisted columns vases flowers drop-shaped ornaments We find arches twisting pillars portrait busts clockwork three gears going work snek spillgang pendulum knife suspension saw beat bell quarters play five bells back plate framed engraved leaf-herringbone motif center complicated set acanthus leaves birds masons moldings Central cartouche