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Lot 5

AN EARLY VICTORIAN WALNUT MANTEL CLOCK
John Carter, London, 1840s

The triple fusee movement quarter striking on eight bells and hour striking on a gong, the shaped silvered and engraved Roman numeral dial with subsidiary chime / silent dial within a glazed cover in an upright case of architectural design in Gothic Revival style with finials to the crow's step parapets above clustered columns to the corners on the moulded plinth base
81cm high, 52cm wide, 33.5cm deep

Estimate $1,800 - $2,400

Sold for $2,000

Overall condition and appearance good
Dial with very minor wear and surface scratches
Small minor surface scratches in places, cracks to case on one side and one small section of the back right hand foot lacking
Movement: Complete and ticking; not recently serviced or timed, likely will require a service


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Decorative Arts

AUCTION
Sale: LJ8796
6:00pm - 17 November 2025
Hawthorn

VIEWING
Fri 14 - Sun 16 November, 10am - 4pm
2 Oxley Rd, Hawthorn

CONTACT
Chiara Curcio
decorativearts@leonardjoel.com.au


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