Catalogue of the very celebrated ... collection of regulators, clocks, chronometers, and watches ... the property of ... the Duke of Sussex; which ... will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson ... on Tuesday, July the 4th, 1843.
- Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex
- Date:
- 1843]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Catalogue of the very celebrated ... collection of regulators, clocks, chronometers, and watches ... the property of ... the Duke of Sussex; which ... will be sold by auction, by Messrs. Christie and Manson ... on Tuesday, July the 4th, 1843. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![] 22 A weight regulator, with gridiron pendulum, by Josiah Emery, in a mal gany case 123 A French timepiece, in the form of a fountain, of bronze, w Venus in her car, of or-molu, on a marble plinth, under a glass shac 124 A fine old French clock, in a rich or-molu case, inlaid with flowers, a or-molu mouldings, with bracket to correspond 125 A French clock, by Detau, with a sleeping female figure, of white mart under a glass shade 126 A fine old French clock, in an or-molu case, with rich mouldings, a bracket to correspond 127 AN ORGAN CLOCK, BY CLAY, the music is discharged every th hour by the clock, the angles of the dial and the sides are rici chased with arabesques of or-molu, in an ebony case, on a mahoga pedestal containing the weight, which is the maintaining power of music. Clay lived in the latter part of the reign of George I. c beginning of the reign of George II., and u as a very celebrated mat of machine organs 128 A timepiece, in an or-molu case, by Clay, showing the day of the mon and the signs of the zodiac round the dial 129 A chimney clock, in an or-molu case, surmounted by a dragon and eagl 130 A French chimney clock, by Ville, of Paris, suspended between eb( columns, with Cupid in a swing, under a shade 131 A SUPERP OLD FRENCH CLOCK, BY CRON IE R, of Paris, i magnificent high case of marqueterie, with chased mouldings, gilt or-molu, 7 ft. high 132 A French clock, by Steffenoni, of Paris, on a plinth of or-molu, surmoun by a figure of a child holding a parasol, under a glass shade 133 A beautiful chimney clock, by Vulliamy, Sen., in a beautiful pedestal c of white porcelain, ornamented with festoons 134 A SUPERB OLD FRENCH OR-MOLU CLOCK, BY ROGl OF PARIS, supported on a bull, finely modelled, and surmounted b figure of Europa](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29346472_0012.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
