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31476C.W
ALEXANDER CUMMING, LONDON. AN ATTRACTIVE MAHOGANY CASED HOODED WALL CLOCK. CIRCA 1790.

A very elegant mahogany cased hooded wall clock. The case, with a shallow breakarch top and unusually no cresting, has fretted apertures to the side and a slide off bulbous base which gives access to the bottom of the pendulum. Although many of these bases have key drawers in them, this particular base shows no signs of ever having had such a drawer.

The eight day gut fusee movement is of fine quality with substantial plates, five nicely knopped pillars and well crossed out wheel work. It strikes the hours on a bell mounted above the plates and has a steel rod pendulum with a heavy brass bob. The pendulum is suspended via a regulator suspension block.

The shallow breakarch dial is signed for the maker in the arch, ‘Alexr Cumming, London.’ It has a strike/no strike lever above 12 o’clock and an engraved chapter ring has outer Arabic numerals and inner Roman numerals. There is a date aperture above 6 o’clock. The hands are well fretted out and of blued steel.

Height: 26" (66 cms.)

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