WILLIAM VALE, LONDON
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A GEORGE II MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK
William Vale, London
The rectangular case with handle and acorn finial to bell top and arched glazed door and side panels, on molded base with brass bracket feet, the arched brass dial with silvered chapter ring and later blued steel hour and minute hands, inner concentric calendar ring, foliate engraved center with mock pendulum aperture and silvered plaque signed Willm. Vale, London, strike/silent ring in the arch, foliate spandrels, the five pillar twin gut fusee movement with verge escapement and strike on bell, the backplate engraved with scrolling foliage with a central basket of flowers, later pendulum, lacking one finial
21in. (53cm.) high
William Vale, London
The rectangular case with handle and acorn finial to bell top and arched glazed door and side panels, on molded base with brass bracket feet, the arched brass dial with silvered chapter ring and later blued steel hour and minute hands, inner concentric calendar ring, foliate engraved center with mock pendulum aperture and silvered plaque signed Willm. Vale, London, strike/silent ring in the arch, foliate spandrels, the five pillar twin gut fusee movement with verge escapement and strike on bell, the backplate engraved with scrolling foliage with a central basket of flowers, later pendulum, lacking one finial
21in. (53cm.) high