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Lot 576
Sale 950 - Property from the Halim Time & Glass Museum: Sold Without Reserve
Sep 24, 2021
2:30PM CT
Live / Chicago
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Estimate
$8,000 -
10,000
Price Realized
$7,500
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Lot Description
An English Industrial Mortar Form Clock, Charles Frederick Handcock
SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY
十九世紀下半葉 英國炮彈式小臺鈡
Charles Frederick Handcock製造
標記：C.F. Hancock./39. BRUTON ST./LONDON
in the form of a mortar with the convex dial in the form of the shot, raised on a stepped pentagonal
base, the barrel engraved with a military trophy including standards, a wheel, cannon and helmet
centered on a drum. The clock as a cannonball fitted into in the muzzle with a 2 ¾-in silvered dial,
painted Roman chapter ring and 8-day spring barrel movement, the works marked C.F. Hancock./39.
BRUTON ST./LONDON.
Charles Frederick Handcock製造
標記：C.F. Hancock./39. BRUTON ST./LONDON
in the form of a mortar with the convex dial in the form of the shot, raised on a stepped pentagonal
base, the barrel engraved with a military trophy including standards, a wheel, cannon and helmet
centered on a drum. The clock as a cannonball fitted into in the muzzle with a 2 ¾-in silvered dial,
painted Roman chapter ring and 8-day spring barrel movement, the works marked C.F. Hancock./39.
BRUTON ST./LONDON.
Height 8 7/8 x width 11 1/2 in., 22.5 x 29.2 cm.
Property from the Halim Time & Glass Museum, Evanston, Illinois