Lot 93
 

A FINE GEORGE III BALLOON SHAPED EBONISED FUSEE BRACKET / TABLE CLOCK WITH SUBSIDIARY DIALS FOR SECONDS AND DATE, SIGNED WRIGHT, LONDON, CIRCA 1780 the case of waisted form with brass handles to the sides and concave moulding to the top surmounted by a pineapple finial, the front applied with a brass sunburst centred by an Apollo mask above a ribbon-tied wreath, the arched and moulded base on brass bracket feet, the 7¼in. diameter painted dial signed 'WRIGHT LONDON' with Roman chapters with arrowhead blued steel hands, subsidiary seconds dial beneath XII and calendar dial above VI, the movement with twin fusee movement with spring barrels with gut lines and deadbeat escapement with Graham-type pallets, the strike train with vertical fly driven by worm-and-wheel and strike on a bell on the plain backplate, with pendulum, 54cm high  The movement is ticking and striking but not fully tested or guaranteed.

Sold for £2,600

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