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AN UNUSUAL GEORGE II EBONIZED QUARTER REPEATING BRACKET CLOCK FOR THE FRENCH MARKET
SIGNED JOHN WADY, LONDON
Within inverted bell top case, the arched door and sides with engraved foliate frets, the arched dial with silvered chapter ring enclosing matted center with false pendulum and date apertures, above subsidiary rings for sonne/silance [sic] and regulation, flanking day of the week sector (in French), and silvered disc with signature enclosing engraved sunburst, the dial plate profusely engraved with inhabited foliage and with putti and exotic bird appliqués, ....... the backplate engraved with husk border enclosing inhabited foliage, signature within floral and husk reserve, the pendulum engraved with floral motif, 22 3/4 in. (57.79cm) high
SIGNED JOHN WADY, LONDON
Within inverted bell top case, the arched door and sides with engraved foliate frets, the arched dial with silvered chapter ring enclosing matted center with false pendulum and date apertures, above subsidiary rings for sonne/silance [sic] and regulation, flanking day of the week sector (in French), and silvered disc with signature enclosing engraved sunburst, the dial plate profusely engraved with inhabited foliage and with putti and exotic bird appliqués, ....... the backplate engraved with husk border enclosing inhabited foliage, signature within floral and husk reserve, the pendulum engraved with floral motif, 22 3/4 in. (57.79cm) high