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A REGENCY MAHOGANY AND ORMOLU STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK
Johnson, London.
The case with rectangular plinth on bun feet, the front applied with an ormolu mount of two addorsed bearded heads, later laurel wreath handles to the sides, the drum case resting on an ormolu palmette scroll with egg-and-dart mouldings, the engine-turned gilt Roman dial with blued moon hands enclosed within a foliate and serpentine cast bezel, the five pillar twin gut fusee movement with anchor escapement and strike on gong on the similarly signed backplate with strike/silent lever and pendulum holdfast
11½ in. (29 cm.) high
Johnson, London.
The case with rectangular plinth on bun feet, the front applied with an ormolu mount of two addorsed bearded heads, later laurel wreath handles to the sides, the drum case resting on an ormolu palmette scroll with egg-and-dart mouldings, the engine-turned gilt Roman dial with blued moon hands enclosed within a foliate and serpentine cast bezel, the five pillar twin gut fusee movement with anchor escapement and strike on gong on the similarly signed backplate with strike/silent lever and pendulum holdfast
11½ in. (29 cm.) high