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WILLIAM WEBSTER, LONDON, CIRCA 1730
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A GEORGE II EBONISED STRIKING EIGHT-DAY TABLE CLOCK
WILLIAM WEBSTER, LONDON, CIRCA 1730
CASE: bell top with brass handle DIAL: 7 inch brass arched dial with female mask spandrels to silvered chapter ring, the matted centre with mock pendulum aperture, date square and signature plaque 'Wm. Webster, Exchange/Alley, London', pierced blued steel hands, 'strike/silent' dial above MOVEMENT: five pillars with twin gut fusees, anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike on bell, foliate engraved backplate further signed; two case keys, winding key
17¾ in. (45 cm.) high, handle down; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) wide; 6¾ in. (17 cm.) deep
WILLIAM WEBSTER, LONDON, CIRCA 1730
CASE: bell top with brass handle DIAL: 7 inch brass arched dial with female mask spandrels to silvered chapter ring, the matted centre with mock pendulum aperture, date square and signature plaque 'Wm. Webster, Exchange/Alley, London', pierced blued steel hands, 'strike/silent' dial above MOVEMENT: five pillars with twin gut fusees, anchor escapement and inside countwheel strike on bell, foliate engraved backplate further signed; two case keys, winding key
17¾ in. (45 cm.) high, handle down; 10¼ in. (26 cm.) wide; 6¾ in. (17 cm.) deep