Various Properties
A George III ormolu-mounted mahogany striking bracket clock, the case on gilt bracket feet and applied with foliate mounts to the front, ormolu cherub-and-foliate sound frets and handles to the sides, the bell top surmounted by five pineapple finials, the dial signed Brothers Melly & Martin London on the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter disc with pierced blued hands and subsidiary calendar ring below XII, foliate spandrels, silvered strike/silent disc in the arch, the five pillar twin gut fusee movement with verge escapement and strike on bell, the backplate engraved with a central urn amongst scrolling foliage and within a formal border with foliate spandrels, similarly engraved back cock, unusual pounced securing brackets to the case
Details
A George III ormolu-mounted mahogany striking bracket clock, the case on gilt bracket feet and applied with foliate mounts to the front, ormolu cherub-and-foliate sound frets and handles to the sides, the bell top surmounted by five pineapple finials, the dial signed Brothers Melly & Martin London on the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter disc with pierced blued hands and subsidiary calendar ring below XII, foliate spandrels, silvered strike/silent disc in the arch, the five pillar twin gut fusee movement with verge escapement and strike on bell, the backplate engraved with a central urn amongst scrolling foliage and within a formal border with foliate spandrels, similarly engraved back cock, unusual pounced securing brackets to the case
20¾in. (52.6cm.) high
20¾in. (52.6cm.) high