An early George III bracket clock, the movement striking on a single bell, the brass backplate engraved all-over with scrolling foliage, the brass arched dial with pierced floral-cast spandrels, the silvered chapter ring enclosing date aperture and shaped silvered recessed plaque inscribed, Eliezer Chater, Exchange Alley, London, strike/silent chapter ring to the arch, in walnut and brass-mounted case, the caddy pediment surmounted by a folding loop handle, four pineapple finials to the angles, arched pierced floral-cast side panels, the frieze with female terms to the canted angles, on moulded base ending in bracket feet

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An early George III bracket clock, the movement striking on a single bell, the brass backplate engraved all-over with scrolling foliage, the brass arched dial with pierced floral-cast spandrels, the silvered chapter ring enclosing date aperture and shaped silvered recessed plaque inscribed, Eliezer Chater, Exchange Alley, London, strike/silent chapter ring to the arch, in walnut and brass-mounted case, the caddy pediment surmounted by a folding loop handle, four pineapple finials to the angles, arched pierced floral-cast side panels, the frieze with female terms to the canted angles, on moulded base ending in bracket feet

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Baillie records Eliezer Chater as a prominent clockmaker 1751-1772.

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