Strauss & co - 10 October 2016, Cape Town

262 A gilt-brass repeating carriage clock with alarm, circa 1890 the 7cm enamel dial with roman numerals and subsidiary alarm dial, signed Gve. Badollet, Genève, with gong-striking movement stamped No. 17593, and lever platform escapement, brass corniche case, 13cm high ; with key R7 000–9 000 263 A Dutch burr-walnut longcase clock, 19th century the 33,5cm engraved brass dial signed ‘DOS = Molenaer, Amsterdam’, with leaf and urn spandrels, disc alarm and pierced hands, seconds dial flanked by sectors for month with maximum days and ruling deity and day of the week and signs of the zodiac with ruling deity, date aperture, the silvered arch engraved with panels of Europa, Afrika, Amerika and Asia, with a moon disc and apertures for lunar date and high tide, the movement with anchor escapement and trip repeating rack striking on two bells, alarm on a bell, the case with caddy cresting, panels of fretwork and centred with a spray of carved leaves, gilt-capped hood pilasters, shaped trunk door inlaid with stringing and a lenticle of Europa, the bombé plinth similarly decorated, on scroll feet, lacking attributes, restorations, 245cm high R100 000–120 000 262 263 263 detail 106