THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMANi
(Lots 140-145)
A GEORGE III FLORALLY-PAINTED QUARTER-STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK for the Turkish market, the bell top case now painted with multicoloured floral trellis-work, surmounted by four pineapple finials and carrying- handle, glazed sides, moulded wood feet with shaped apron, the dial signed William Dunant London on a silvered arc to the arch with subsidiary strike/silent ring, silvered chapter ring with Turkish chapters, matted centre with calendar aperture, pierced blued hands, the six pillar triple fusee movement with verge escapement, striking the quarters on eight bells and hour on further bell, pendulum holdfast to foliate engraved backplate, securing brackets to case, case re-decorated
Details
A GEORGE III FLORALLY-PAINTED QUARTER-STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK for the Turkish market, the bell top case now painted with multicoloured floral trellis-work, surmounted by four pineapple finials and carrying- handle, glazed sides, moulded wood feet with shaped apron, the dial signed William Dunant London on a silvered arc to the arch with subsidiary strike/silent ring, silvered chapter ring with Turkish chapters, matted centre with calendar aperture, pierced blued hands, the six pillar triple fusee movement with verge escapement, striking the quarters on eight bells and hour on further bell, pendulum holdfast to foliate engraved backplate, securing brackets to case, case re-decorated
19½in. (49.5cm.) high
19½in. (49.5cm.) high