DESCRIPTION:
Japan, an early 19th century Makura Dokei with calendar, the frame with ornamental, turned pillars, front plate with wave, sunburst and flying bird engraving, and calendar apertures above the rotating dial with fixed, blued steel hand and movable hour and half hour markers, the 30 hour, two train movement with fusee for the time train and and going barrel for the striking, verge escapement with light pendulum, and count wheel striking on a bell, in a shitan and unidentified hardwood case having glazed, sliding front and back frames, stepped, molded top with brass handle, and resting on a base with incurved feet
CONDITION:
movement good, plates polished, fusee chain broken, strike mainspring broken, trains complete and function with pressure, small drawer with key and fusee chain fragment, hand with minor oxide, fabric backed opening on one side of case broken, one sliding frame with small loss at lower left, a very nice example. Deaccessioned from the American Clock and watch Museum, Bristol, Ct.
ESTIMATE:
$3000
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$4000
CIRCA: early 19th c
DIMENSIONS: 8.5in x 6.625in x 4.75in
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Japan, an early 19th century Makura Dokei with calendar, the polished brass frame with ornamental, turned pillars and silvered, engraved frets at the corners, the 30 hour, two train movement with round plates, turned baluster pillars and chrysanthemum engraving, verge escapement with six arm balance, count wheel striking on a bell, and calendar apertures above the rotating, white jade trimmed dial with fixed, blued steel hand and movable hour and half hour markers, in a shitan wood case having glazed, sliding front and back frames, silk backed sound apertures with pierced, engraved frets, and molded top with ornamental brass handle
CONDITION:
frame and movement plates polished, one hour and one half hour marker detached from dial, hour marker present, jade with crack, one silvered ornament polished to brass, some steel components with minor oxide, fusee chain broken, lacking strike hammer, trains complete and will function with pressure, case good overall, lacking separate base, small drawer containing key, fusee chain fragment, hour marker and marker springs. Deaccessioned from the American Clock and watch Museum, Bristol, Ct.
ESTIMATE:
$3000
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$4000
CIRCA: early 19th c
DIMENSIONS: 7in x 6.25in x 3.875in
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Japan, a good 19th century Keisan Dokei, the cylindrical silver case with well executed engraved foliate fretwork, convex glass and pocket watch style bow, gilt rotating dial with movable hour and half hour markers and fixed, blued steel hand, 30 hour engraved full plate two train movement with verge escapemet, pierced and engraved balance cock, mock pendulum, turned baluster form pillars, and decorative blued steel ratchets, clicks and springs, striking on a bell mounted to the inside of the case
CONDITION:
case with minor marks and fine scratches, dial good, hand with minor oxide, movement good, some steel components with minor oxide, runs briefly, striking functional. Deaccessioned from the American Clock and Watch Museum, Bristol, Ct.
ESTIMATE:
$2500
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$3500
CIRCA: 19th c
DIMENSIONS: 1.25in x 2.875in x
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Japan, an unusual, small 19th century Dai Dokei with original box, the sheet brass case with chrysanthemum engraving on three sides and decorative turned brass pillars at the corners, the rotating brass dial with movable hour and half hour markers and a single, fixed blued steel hand, two train, weight driven brass movement with verge escapement, two arm brass balance oscillating beneath the bell, and brass clad cylindrical weights, resting on a hardwood base with four slender, splayed legs with ovolo molded corners, and glazed hood with silk backed apertures with engraved chrysanthemum frets, and with it's original, conforming box, box dimensions listed
CONDITION:
case polished, turned pillars loose, one screw for the shield below the balance absent, pillars loose, hand with oxide, movement complete, very dirty and with congealed lubricant, not running, should function following service, sliding weights on balance now soldered to rim, weights with minor dents, wooden base missing one foot, hood lacking four sections of cock bead trim, glasses now retained with scotch tape, silk with minor damage, box with wear and scratches, tape residue, and minor insect damage at lower right. Deaccessioned from the American Clock and Watch Museum, Bristol, Ct.
ESTIMATE:
$2000
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$3000
CIRCA: 19th c
DIMENSIONS: 16.75in x 7.25in x
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Japan, a good early 18th century Kake - Yagura Dokei, polished sheet copper case, fixed dial with rotating, red lacquered center and a single brass hand, the iron two train movement with verge escapement, single foliot oscillating beneath a deep, domed bell secured by a rams horn nut, and driven by cylindrical cast iron weights, the case top with iron loop for hanging, all resting on a red lacquered pyramid base with iron bail handles and removable front panel
CONDITION:
case polished, now with minor tarnish and staining, upper hinge on left door broken, case front with visible hammer marks received during hardening, dial center dirty, movement good, will run and strike, weights with minor oxide, otherwise good, wooden base with minor marks, scratches and losses to lacquer, and a minor loss at lower corner of back, all sides with joint separation, top of base loose, lacking many wooden pins and also with minor losses at corners
ESTIMATE:
$2000
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$3000
CIRCA: early 18th c
DIMENSIONS: 32in x 13in x
DESCRIPTION:
Japan, a good 19th century double foliot Dai Dokei, the sheet brass case with chrysanthemum engraving on three sides, the fixed silver dial with engraved chapters, rotating center with single blued steel hand and alarm set holes and pin, and three train, weight driven brass movement with double foliot oscillating beneath the bell, and resting on a four legged wooden base with gilt leaf and vine ornament
CONDITION:
case polished and with minor tarnish, dial engraving with polish residue, wooden base with a few repaired breaks, minor separation at some joints, and minor losses to gilt ornament, movement complete, wll run and strike, rope worn, slips on pulleys, alarm train functional, alarm weights replaced, brass weight with minor tarnish. Deaccessioned from the American Clock and Watch Museum, Bristol, Ct.
ESTIMATE:
$1800
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$2500
CIRCA: 19th c
DIMENSIONS: 28in x 10.5in x
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