A GEORGE III GILT-BRASS MOUNTED EBONISED MUSICAL TABLE CLOCK
A GEORGE III GILT-BRASS MOUNTED EBONISED MUSICAL TABLE CLOCK

FRANCIS PERIGAL, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. CIRCA 1770

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A GEORGE III GILT-BRASS MOUNTED EBONISED MUSICAL TABLE CLOCK
FRANCIS PERIGAL, ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. CIRCA 1770
CASE: brass-lined pierced cast frets to moulded pediment with urn finial, further finials below, conforming frets to sides, gilt-brass caryatid mounts to front angles, foliate cast feet DIAL 6 in. wide red guilloché enamel dial plate overlaid with finely pierced and engraved gilt-brass mask to white enamel chapter disc signed 'FRANCIS PERIGAL/Royal Exchange/LONDON', enamel discs above for chime/not chime and four tune selector inscribed 'SONG/GAVOT/HORNPIPE/MARCH', Chinese inscription to dial plate reverse, pierced and engraved hands MOVEMENT: six ringed pillars, triple chain fusees, verge escapement, playing music with eleven hammers on ten bells via 2¾ in. wide brass pin barrel, rack strike/trip repeat on further bell
22½ in. (57 cm.) high; 12¼ in. (31 cm.) wide; 7½ in. (19 cm.) deep

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Giles Forster
Giles Forster

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Two Francis Perigals, father and son, are recorded working at Royal Exchange during this period. The present clock may have been made by either or by both of them.
The senior Francis Perigal (b.1734) was apprenticed in 1748 and a Freeman of the Clockmakers' Company 1756-1775. He worked at Threadneedle Street and Royal Exchange, business that was set up by his father in 1756 and continued by his son until 1843 (both also Francis). An ormolu musical quarter striking automaton table clock by Francis Perigal with a movement of related design sold anonymously, Christie's London, 15 September, 2004, lot 16 (£23,900).
The Chinese inscription on the rear of the dial clearly indicates the clock has spent some of its life in China.
See also lot 82.