DESCRIPTION:
English, triple fusee movement, quarter chiming on choice of 8-bells or 5 tubular bells, now in a well constructed case of the same period, with hand carved decorations, purpose made to fit in a room corner of a home near Bath, all parts, c1910, the dial signed W. W. Kemp & Co., Bristol.
CONDITION:
this is a lot of quality raw material for a collector to use to re-create a conventional clock, or could still be used in a corner application. Note rear edge of case is mitred at 45 degrees, plus has cutouts for the lower wall molding. The workman who fit the movement into the case did not do a stellar job with the seat board and this one needs reworking or a new one making. the movement itself is of very high quality and the octave of bells in good tune, and the pendulum and tubes original. The composite dial is well made with cast spandrels and subsidiary dials for "Chime-Silent" and for "Chime on 8 Bells / Westminster". Overall Ht 80"
ESTIMATE:
$2000
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$3000
PRICE SOLD:
$850
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