A late 18th century Dutch ebonised Dutch-striking table clock with annual calendar and moonphase...

A late 18th century Dutch ebonised Dutch-striking table clock with annual calendar and moonphase The dial and backplate signed F.Pasteur, Leiden The shallow bell top case with central handle and pineapple finials over a boldly moulded cornice, term mounts to the canted corners and a moulded base on brass block feet, the 7.5' arched brass dial surmounted by a rolling moonphase with engraved border and age of the moon, the starry sky decorated with signs of the Zodiac, over a Roman and Arabic chapter ring with floating half-hour markers around a matted centre with subsidiaries for date, month and day, signed on a silvered plaque F. Pasteur fecit, Leiden, the movement with twin gut (now wire) fusees, verge escapement with a bob pendulum suspended on silk, striking the hours on the large bell on the hour, and the forthcoming hour on a small bell at half-past, the intervening quarters announced by a passing strike on the smaller bell, the backplate signed in a flowing script F. Pasteur fecit Leiden in an oval cartouche within flowing foliate scrolls, together with a crank winding key and door key, 53cms high This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. TP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information. For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing