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A Regency mahogany bracket clock
the case with brass handle to the breakarch top, arched glazed panels to the sides and fluted chamfered front angles , on brass ball feet, the white-painted Arabic dial signed THO.S GIBBS STRATFORD-ON-AVON, bats' wing and foliate scroll spandrels painted en grisaille and a polychrome oval to the arch depicting a seated woman, the twin gut fusee movement with anchor escapement and strike on bell -- 17½in. (44cm.) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 3)
the case with brass handle to the breakarch top, arched glazed panels to the sides and fluted chamfered front angles , on brass ball feet, the white-painted Arabic dial signed THO.S GIBBS STRATFORD-ON-AVON, bats' wing and foliate scroll spandrels painted en grisaille and a polychrome oval to the arch depicting a seated woman, the twin gut fusee movement with anchor escapement and strike on bell -- 17½in. (44cm.) high
See Colour Illustration (Plate 3)