c.1840 English Ormolu Carriage Clock - James McCabe.
Carriage /
English
Inv. #: e77
Maker: James McCabe, # 2748.
Circa: 1840
Size: 7.5 in. handle up4.25 in. wide.3.5 in. deep
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A good English mid-19th century ormolu eight-day double fusee carriage clock.
Case
The typical McCabe case has beveled glasses to 4 sides, a folding handle with a reeded center and a lift-out shuttered back door engraved with the needed indications.
Dial
The silvered, elaborately engraved dial has Roman numerals for the hours, steel-cut hands and is signed 'Jas. McCabe, London'.
Movement
The eight-day twin-fusee movement has well-cut wheelwork, a push-button repeat, is wound and set off the backplate, strikes on a large coiled gong and is engraved 'Jas McCabe, London, 2478'. The balance platform above has an underslung lever escapement with a monometallic balance wheel.
Ref: For a more detailed discussion of James McCabe see: 'Carriage and Other Travelling Clocks' by Roberts, Chapter 20, pg. 289.
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