JOHN TAYLOR, LONDON
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A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK WITH ALARM
John Taylor, London
The rectangular case with spire-and-urn corner finials to bell top, giltmetal sound frets to sides on foliate scrolls, the arched brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, pierced blued steel hands, the matted center with central silvered alarm disc and calendar aperture, signed John Taylor, London on a silvered plaque beneath the strike/silent ring in the arch, foliate spandrels, the five pillar twin fusee (wire lines) movement with verge escapement, pull wind alarm and hour strike on bell, foliate engraved backplate, with later pendulum
22in. (56cm.) high
John Taylor, London
The rectangular case with spire-and-urn corner finials to bell top, giltmetal sound frets to sides on foliate scrolls, the arched brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, pierced blued steel hands, the matted center with central silvered alarm disc and calendar aperture, signed John Taylor, London on a silvered plaque beneath the strike/silent ring in the arch, foliate spandrels, the five pillar twin fusee (wire lines) movement with verge escapement, pull wind alarm and hour strike on bell, foliate engraved backplate, with later pendulum
22in. (56cm.) high