A GEORGE II GREEN LACQUER STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK, the dial signed Ralph Tolson London on a silvered plaque in the matted centre having mock pendulum and calendar apertures, silvered chapter ring with pierced blued steel hands, Indian-head foliate spandrels, the arch with strike/silent ring flanked by foliate spandresl, the five pillar movement with twin fusees (wire lines), knife edge verge escapement, pull quarter repeat on six bells with hour strike on further bell, the backplate profusely engraved with scrolling foliate baskets of fruit of birds, the case decorated overall with gilt chinoiserie foliage with trellis-work-cast foliate handle to the bell-top with four ball-and-spire finials, foliate-pierced giltwood soundfrets to the sides, later quarter-frets to the front end rear doors , the moulded base on block feet