ELLICOTT & CO. CIRCA 1820

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A Regency mahogany and ebonised striking backet table clock
Ellicott & Co. Circa 1820
The Egyptian case with gadrooned top surmounted by pineapple finial, flanked by acroteria to front angles above ebonised ripple mouldings, pierced ebonised tracery frets to the sides, the base on carved feet, white enamel dial signed Ellicott & Co./ROYAL EXCHANGE/LONDON, pierced gilt hands, twin fusee movement with anchor escapement and strike on bell to back plate with repeat signature
19½ in. (49.5cm.) high

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Lot Essay

The two cases were designed in the antique manner popularised by Thomas Hope's Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, 1807. Its Egyptianised temple faâde is flanked by striated pilasters with Grecian palm-flowered acroteria, whilst its red-gadrooned dome is crowned by a bacchic pine-cone finial.

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