A SCOTTISH GEORGE III GILTWOOD CARTEL CLOCK

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A SCOTTISH GEORGE III GILTWOOD CARTEL CLOCK
SIGNED JOHN MILL MONTROSE

The pierced scrolling foliate frame with eagle crest and foliate chain base, the circular silvered dial with Roman numerals enclosing pendulum aperture and signed John Mill Montrose, the associated timepiece movement with single fusee, wire line and verge escapement with knife edge suspension- 34in.(86cm.) high, 20in.(51cm.) wide

Lot Essay

A closely related example is illustrated in
. Edwards and P. Macquoid, The Dictionary of English Furniture, 1924, vol. II, p. 117, fig. 49. Another sold Parke-Bernet Galleries, 30 November-01 December 1945, lot 282, and again Sotheby's New York, 23 January 1988, lot 5.