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JOHN ELLICOTT, LONDON. CIRCA 1750
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A large George II burr walnut mantel timepiece with pull quarter repeat
John Ellicott, London. Circa 1750
The case with foliate cast brass handle to the inverted bell top, glazed sides, fluted canted angles, the moulded double-footed base on block feet, breakarch dial signed Jno: Ellicott London on a silvered oval disc above the mock pendulum aperture in the matted centre, silvered chapter ring with lozenge half-hour markers and pierced blued steel hands, mask-and-foliate spandrels, silvered calendar ring in the arch, the movement with five substantial pillars, single chain fusee and spring barrel, knife-edge verge escapement, pull quarter repeat on six bells with hour stike on a further larger bell, the foliate engraved backplate signed John Ellicott London in the centre within a foliate cartouche surmounted by a basket of flowers
18½in. (47cm.) high
John Ellicott, London. Circa 1750
The case with foliate cast brass handle to the inverted bell top, glazed sides, fluted canted angles, the moulded double-footed base on block feet, breakarch dial signed Jno: Ellicott London on a silvered oval disc above the mock pendulum aperture in the matted centre, silvered chapter ring with lozenge half-hour markers and pierced blued steel hands, mask-and-foliate spandrels, silvered calendar ring in the arch, the movement with five substantial pillars, single chain fusee and spring barrel, knife-edge verge escapement, pull quarter repeat on six bells with hour stike on a further larger bell, the foliate engraved backplate signed John Ellicott London in the centre within a foliate cartouche surmounted by a basket of flowers
18½in. (47cm.) high
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