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A GEORGE III MAGOGANY MUSICAL BRACKET CLOCK
Marriott, Fleet Street
the case with four foliate and gadrooned finials to the bell top, handles and foliate-cast gilt-metal sound frets to the sides, the chamfered angles with satinwood line-inlay, elaborate foliate scroll feet, the dial with original cream-painted Roman and Arabic chapter disc signed Marriott Fleet Street with well sculpted gilt-metal arrow-head hands, calendar aperture above VI, floral spandrels, the upper spandrels with subsidiary dials for chime/silent and six tune selection, the arch with a later painted cut-out of Chronos automated to the escapement, the background painted with a country house scene with a lady and gentleman in the foreground, the massive six pillar triple fusee (chain lines) movement now with anchor escapement, the music playing on a nest of nine bells with hour strike on a further bell, foliate engraved backplate with similarly engraved securing brackets to the case
26in. (66cm.) high
Marriott, Fleet Street
the case with four foliate and gadrooned finials to the bell top, handles and foliate-cast gilt-metal sound frets to the sides, the chamfered angles with satinwood line-inlay, elaborate foliate scroll feet, the dial with original cream-painted Roman and Arabic chapter disc signed Marriott Fleet Street with well sculpted gilt-metal arrow-head hands, calendar aperture above VI, floral spandrels, the upper spandrels with subsidiary dials for chime/silent and six tune selection, the arch with a later painted cut-out of Chronos automated to the escapement, the background painted with a country house scene with a lady and gentleman in the foreground, the massive six pillar triple fusee (chain lines) movement now with anchor escapement, the music playing on a nest of nine bells with hour strike on a further bell, foliate engraved backplate with similarly engraved securing brackets to the case
26in. (66cm.) high