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    18 February 2007

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    • A George III mahogany striking
    Lot 211

    A George III mahogany striking table clock

    BRYANT & SON, LONDON. CIRCA 1780

    Price realised

    GBP 7,800

    Estimate

    GBP 2,500 - GBP 4,000

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    A George III mahogany striking table clock
    Bryant & Son, London. Circa 1780
    The bell top case with brass handle and pine apple finials, gilt-brass front door frets and pierced side frets above glazed panels, the brass dial with foliate scroll spandrels to silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, matted centre with date aperture and signed on a recessed silvered sector Bryant & Son/London, pierced and blued steel hands, the eight day movement with five pillars, twin wire fusees with verge escapement, strike and trip repeat on bell, the back plate engraved with foliate scrolls
    18¾ in. (37.5 cm.) high, handle down

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