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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY QUARTER CHIMING LONGCASE CLOCK
Whitehurst Derby 1768
the case with raised rectangular panel to the plinth on bracket feet, plain quarter columns flanking the shaped rectangular trunk door, the hood with square-section pilasters beneath a swan-neck pediment with carved wood roundel terminals, the circular silvered engraved dial signed Whitehurst Derby 1768 with Roman and Arabic chapters, pierced steel hands and foliate engraved winding apertures, the five pillar triple barrel movement with anchor escapement and chiming on eight bells with hour strike on further bell
7ft. 2½in. (220cm.) high
Whitehurst Derby 1768
the case with raised rectangular panel to the plinth on bracket feet, plain quarter columns flanking the shaped rectangular trunk door, the hood with square-section pilasters beneath a swan-neck pediment with carved wood roundel terminals, the circular silvered engraved dial signed Whitehurst Derby 1768 with Roman and Arabic chapters, pierced steel hands and foliate engraved winding apertures, the five pillar triple barrel movement with anchor escapement and chiming on eight bells with hour strike on further bell
7ft. 2½in. (220cm.) high