拍品專文
The present clock is illustrated in H. Alan Lloyd, Chats on Old Clocks, London, 1951, p. 135, pl. 34
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A GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH TRIP REPEAT
GEORGE MARMADUKE METCALFE, LONDON, CIRCA 1785
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A GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH TRIP REPEAT
GEORGE MARMADUKE METCALFE, LONDON, CIRCA 1785
The bell-top case with pine cone finials, the painted dial signed G.M.METCALFE/LONDRES, with STRIKE/SILENT to arch, date aperture and Roman chapter ring, the two train fusee movement with verge escapement, striking on a bell, the back plate engraved and with conforming signature, with pendulum lock; winding key; together with a copy of H.Alan Lloyd's Chats on Old Clocks
19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) high; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide; 7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) deep
GEORGE MARMADUKE METCALFE, LONDON, CIRCA 1785
The bell-top case with pine cone finials, the painted dial signed G.M.METCALFE/LONDRES, with STRIKE/SILENT to arch, date aperture and Roman chapter ring, the two train fusee movement with verge escapement, striking on a bell, the back plate engraved and with conforming signature, with pendulum lock; winding key; together with a copy of H.Alan Lloyd's Chats on Old Clocks
19 ½ in. (49.5 cm.) high; 12 in. (30.5 cm.) wide; 7 ¾ in. (19.7 cm.) deep