Musical quarter striking table clock
Musical quarter striking table clock
Great Britain, London
Circa 1790
Stephen Rimbault
Mahogany, bronze, steel, brass, glass; casting, gilding, silvering, engraving, mechanical work
53 x 32.4 x 23.5 cm
On the dial: “Stepn Rimbault /London”, on small dials: “Strike”, “Silent”, “8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48”
Clock in mahogany case with the arched-shape upper part, decorated with gold onlay, with gilded lamps with the images of flame in the corners, an eagle with the outstretched wings on the pedestal with sphere is mounted on profiled socle with leafy edging, with protruding goldish supports with embossed ornament. Glazed doors with dead locks, gilded framing and arches are on the front and rear sides. Metal gilded ribbed inserts are in the vertical ribs. Arch-shaped apertures closed with golden lattices and light green cloth on the lateral sides’ inner surface.
The
dial is on the silvered clock face with engraved ornament. The dial with tree
apertures for winding the clock escapement, strike and musical movement, with
Roman numerals for hours’ designation hours, Arabic numerals for minutes every
fifth division, two ornately shaped hands, an arc-shaped aperture for escapement displaying
and trapezium-shaped aperture for displaying the date. Two small dials for turning off the strike and the
striking mechanism frequency adjustment with golden hands, with the inscription
above: “Stepn Rimbault / London”. The clockwork is pendulum, the pendulum lens with engraved ornament, with eight-day
period winding, verge escapement, quarter chime on eight bells, three spring
engines and fusees. Engraved foliage ornament is on the mounting plate rear
side. The key is in the set.
Инв.1943.1-2/ММП