A GEORGE III EBONISED AND GILT-METAL MOUNTED MUSICAL TURNTABLE BRACKET CLOCK

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A GEORGE III EBONISED AND GILT-METAL MOUNTED MUSICAL TURNTABLE BRACKET CLOCK
Stephn. Rimbault, London

the bell top case surmounted by pineapple finials, handles and foliate cast sound frets to the sides, floral caryatids to the angles, the turntable base on scrolling foliate feet, the dial signed Stepn: Rimbault London on a silvered sector within the arch flanked by subsidiary dials for chime/silent and strike/silent, silvered arch above engraved with the six tune selections, the white enamel Roman and Arabic dial with pierced blued hands, foliate spandrels, the five pillar triple fusee (wire lines) movement with verge escapement, the music playing on twelve bells via twenty-five hammers and 16.5cm. long transverse-mounted pin barrel, hour strike on further bell, pendulum holdfast to the foliate engraved backplate, with restoration
27in. (68.5cm.) high