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<p>[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 258242, member: 25"]I see it as Anston somebody of Eichstett (the f is an s at the time),Penlaintner? is a mystery, the movement is obvious European from the bridge cock, and quite reasonably German. The dial is typical of the third to fourth quarters of the 18th c, say 1760 to 1800.</p><p><br /></p><p>I cannot see the case as well as I'd like. There are a couple of odd things about the movement and dating it. The engraving is poor, it looks as if the odd A was a mistake and overall it just looks a bit off to me.</p><p>The movement, despite nothing really helpful in the way of dimensions looks too tall for a watch type movement recycled but it could indeed be a small clock movement. If this is something from off the beaten track of clockmaking that may account for the anomolies.</p><p><br /></p><p>Does this have any provenance?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="afantiques, post: 258242, member: 25"]I see it as Anston somebody of Eichstett (the f is an s at the time),Penlaintner? is a mystery, the movement is obvious European from the bridge cock, and quite reasonably German. The dial is typical of the third to fourth quarters of the 18th c, say 1760 to 1800. I cannot see the case as well as I'd like. There are a couple of odd things about the movement and dating it. The engraving is poor, it looks as if the odd A was a mistake and overall it just looks a bit off to me. The movement, despite nothing really helpful in the way of dimensions looks too tall for a watch type movement recycled but it could indeed be a small clock movement. If this is something from off the beaten track of clockmaking that may account for the anomolies. Does this have any provenance?[/QUOTE]
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