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JOHN JOHNSON, GRAY'S INN PASSAGE, CIRCA 1790
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A George III ebonised and brass-mounted striking table clock
John Johnson, Gray's Inn Passage, Circa 1790
The balloon-shaped case with brass urn finial, side handles and with radiant Apollo mask mount to the front, the white enamel Roman dial with dot minute track and signed JOHNSON/GRAY'S INN PASSAGE, with pierced steel hands, the eight day twin wire fusee movement with five pillars joining plates with curved top and bottom, anchor escapement and strike on repositioned bell, with strike/silent lever to plain back plate; with pendulum and key
19¼ in. (49 cm.) high
John Johnson, Gray's Inn Passage, Circa 1790
The balloon-shaped case with brass urn finial, side handles and with radiant Apollo mask mount to the front, the white enamel Roman dial with dot minute track and signed JOHNSON/GRAY'S INN PASSAGE, with pierced steel hands, the eight day twin wire fusee movement with five pillars joining plates with curved top and bottom, anchor escapement and strike on repositioned bell, with strike/silent lever to plain back plate; with pendulum and key
19¼ in. (49 cm.) high
Provenance
Displayed in the Garden Room of the Private Apartment of H.R.H. The Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon at Kensington Palace.
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