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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK
The movement striking on a single bell, with white painted dial, inscribed Orpwood & Ablitt, Ipswich, with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, the arch fitted with a painted rocking ship automaton, enclosed by a moulded glazed door flanked by fluted pillars, the moulded arched cornice surmounted by a pierced fretwork-carved pediment, fitted with three brass ball-and-spire finials, the trunk fitted with a moulded arched door, on box base and moulded plinth, with bracket feet, restorations
85½in. (217cm) high
The movement striking on a single bell, with white painted dial, inscribed Orpwood & Ablitt, Ipswich, with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, the arch fitted with a painted rocking ship automaton, enclosed by a moulded glazed door flanked by fluted pillars, the moulded arched cornice surmounted by a pierced fretwork-carved pediment, fitted with three brass ball-and-spire finials, the trunk fitted with a moulded arched door, on box base and moulded plinth, with bracket feet, restorations
85½in. (217cm) high