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CIRCA 1780
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A George III ebonised, giltwood and brass-mounted striking table clock
Circa 1780
The case with brass urn finials to inverted bell top, with giltwood blind fret panels to the friezes and above arched mouldings to all sides, each angle applied with carved giltwood and gesso mouldings, the sides with brass handles above inverted arch giltwood-lined glazed panels, with conforming mouldings to the front and rear doors, the stepped and moulded base raised on squab feet, the brass dial with female bust and foliate spandrels to a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, the matted centre with mock pendulum aperture and signed Jno. Ellicott on a silvered later plaque above the date aperture, blued steel hands, with silvered subsidiary strike/silent ring to the arch, its centre pierced with a stellar design, the five pillar twin wire fusee movement with verge escapement and strike on bell, pull quarter repeat on six nested bells, the back plate engraved with foliate scrolls around a basket of fruit, with plain movement securing brackets to the case; the dial with adaptations
30¼in. (77cm.) high
Circa 1780
The case with brass urn finials to inverted bell top, with giltwood blind fret panels to the friezes and above arched mouldings to all sides, each angle applied with carved giltwood and gesso mouldings, the sides with brass handles above inverted arch giltwood-lined glazed panels, with conforming mouldings to the front and rear doors, the stepped and moulded base raised on squab feet, the brass dial with female bust and foliate spandrels to a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, the matted centre with mock pendulum aperture and signed Jno. Ellicott on a silvered later plaque above the date aperture, blued steel hands, with silvered subsidiary strike/silent ring to the arch, its centre pierced with a stellar design, the five pillar twin wire fusee movement with verge escapement and strike on bell, pull quarter repeat on six nested bells, the back plate engraved with foliate scrolls around a basket of fruit, with plain movement securing brackets to the case; the dial with adaptations
30¼in. (77cm.) high
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