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JOHN PYKE, LONDON; FOURTH QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
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A George III fruitwood striking small bracket clock
John Pyke, London; fourth quarter 18th century
The case with handle to brass-lined single pad breakarch top, gilt-brass fillets to the front and rear doors and glazed side panels, brass-bound base on block feet, the dial signed John Pyke London on a rectangular signature plaque in the matted centre with mock pendulum aperture, silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with pierced blued steel hands, calendar ring in the arch, the five pillar twin fusee movement with verge escapement, pull quarter repeat on two bells with hour strike on further bell, pendulum holdfast to plain backplate with movement securing brackets to the case;
backplate illustrated on page 97
14¾ ins 30 cm high
John Pyke, London; fourth quarter 18th century
The case with handle to brass-lined single pad breakarch top, gilt-brass fillets to the front and rear doors and glazed side panels, brass-bound base on block feet, the dial signed John Pyke London on a rectangular signature plaque in the matted centre with mock pendulum aperture, silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with pierced blued steel hands, calendar ring in the arch, the five pillar twin fusee movement with verge escapement, pull quarter repeat on two bells with hour strike on further bell, pendulum holdfast to plain backplate with movement securing brackets to the case;
backplate illustrated on page 97
14¾ ins 30 cm high