A GEORGE III ORMOLU AND CUT GLASS 'CANDLESTICK CLOCK' TIMEPI...

Lot 8
19.01.2021 00:00UTC +00:00
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£ 20 000
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Event locationUnited Kingdom, London
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Lot 8 | A GEORGE III ORMOLU AND CUT GLASS 'CANDLESTICK CLOCK' TIMEPI...
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£ 12 000 – 18 000
A GEORGE III ORMOLU AND CUT GLASS 'CANDLESTICK CLOCK' TIMEPIECE

ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM PARKER, THE GILT GLASS PEDESTAL POSSIBLY DECORATED BY JAMES GILES, LATE 18TH CENTURY

CASE: the drum-shaped glazed ormolu case with pineapple glass finial, cut-glass canopy below suspended with pendants, the concave-sided blue glass pedestal base gilt-decorated with paterae and swags, ram's masks to the angles, the spreading plinth on ball feet

DIAL: the 3 inch white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes, pierced gilt hands

MOVEMENT: the four pillar single train timepiece movement with chain fusee and balance wheel verge escapement, unsigned, the underside of the urn with fitting stamped 'B'

15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) high; 4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) wide

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