Lot Essay
A number of makers called Robert Wood are recorded working in London at the end of the 18th Century and the beginning of the 19th.
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THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
A GEORGE III RED AND GILT JAPANNED STRIKING EIGHT DAY TABLE CLOCK
ROBERT WOOD, LONDON. CIRCA 1790
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A GEORGE III RED AND GILT JAPANNED STRIKING EIGHT DAY TABLE CLOCK
ROBERT WOOD, LONDON. CIRCA 1790
CASE: with brass handle to inverted bell top, pineapple finials, the sides with pierced sound frets DIAL: foliate spandrels to silvered chapter ring, silvered centre with concentric date ring and signed 'Rob.t Wood/London', blued steel hands, with strike/silent ring in the arch MOVEMENT: with five pillars, twin line fuses and verge escapement, strike and trip repeat on bell, the back plate engraved with foliate scrolls; case key, winding key
21¼ in. (54 cm.) high, handle down; 12½ in. (32 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20 cm.) deep
ROBERT WOOD, LONDON. CIRCA 1790
CASE: with brass handle to inverted bell top, pineapple finials, the sides with pierced sound frets DIAL: foliate spandrels to silvered chapter ring, silvered centre with concentric date ring and signed 'Rob.t Wood/London', blued steel hands, with strike/silent ring in the arch MOVEMENT: with five pillars, twin line fuses and verge escapement, strike and trip repeat on bell, the back plate engraved with foliate scrolls; case key, winding key
21¼ in. (54 cm.) high, handle down; 12½ in. (32 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20 cm.) deep
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