A George III mahogany quarter chiming bracket clock, the brass-lined case on bracket feet with trailing foliate caryatids to the angles and handles to the sides, the bell top applied with foliate mounts and with urn-and-flambeau finials to the four corners and to the top, the dial signed Bryant & Son London on a silvered sector within the arch flanked by subsidiary rings for strike/silent and chime/silent, narrow silvered chapter ring with pierced blued hands, finely matted centre with calendar aperture, foliate spandrels, the five pillar triple fusee movement chiming on 8 bells with strike on further bell, now with anchor escapement, pendulum holdfast to the foliate engraved backplate with similarly engraved securing brackets to the case

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A George III mahogany quarter chiming bracket clock, the brass-lined case on bracket feet with trailing foliate caryatids to the angles and handles to the sides, the bell top applied with foliate mounts and with urn-and-flambeau finials to the four corners and to the top, the dial signed Bryant & Son London on a silvered sector within the arch flanked by subsidiary rings for strike/silent and chime/silent, narrow silvered chapter ring with pierced blued hands, finely matted centre with calendar aperture, foliate spandrels, the five pillar triple fusee movement chiming on 8 bells with strike on further bell, now with anchor escapement, pendulum holdfast to the foliate engraved backplate with similarly engraved securing brackets to the case
24 1/2in. (62.5cm.) high.

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