Clocks, Watches & Scientific Instruments
Description:
Aaron Sellman Kingwood Quarter-chiming Library Clock, 44 Norman Road, St. Leonards, Sussex, c. 1850, the case with elaborately carved scrolls and leaves with veneered case conforming to the case facade, the Gothic glazed door opens to the silvered brass Roman numeral dial signed A. Sellman, St. Leonards., delicate engraved spandrels and Chime-Silent dial in the arch, eight-day time, strike and quarter chime fusee movement on eight bells and hour strike on a gong, regulated by a pendulum, ht. 25 in.
Estimate $3,000-5,000
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