A fine George III brass-mounted mahogany quarter chiming bracket clock John Ellicott London. Circa 1765 The case with foliate cast brass handle to the inverted bell top, fishscale brass frets to the sides, the brass bound base on foliate scroll feet, convex glazed front door with foliate cast spandrels to each corner, the square dial plate with a circular white enamel Roman and Arabic chapter disc signed Ellicott London , pierced blued steel hands, strike/silent lever to top right corner of the dial plate, the massive seven pillar movement with triple wire fusees, quarter chiming on eight bells with hour strike on a further large bell, now with Vulliamy-type deadbeat escapement (previously recoil), Vulliamy-type pendulum with massive brass bob secured to a foliate engraved folding pendulum holdfast block, the backplate engraved with foliage centred by an urn on a pedestal and signed at the bottom Ellicott London ; with the original brass-mounted wall bracket with forward sliding key compartment 28 in. (71 cm.) high over wall bracket
A fine George III brass-mounted mahogany quarter chiming bracket clock John Ellicott London. Circa 1765 The case with foliate cast brass handle to the inverted bell top, fishscale brass frets to the sides, the brass bound base on foliate scroll feet, convex glazed front door with foliate cast spandrels to each corner, the square dial plate with a circular white enamel Roman and Arabic chapter disc signed Ellicott London , pierced blued steel hands, strike/silent lever to top right corner of the dial plate, the massive seven pillar movement with triple wire fusees, quarter chiming on eight bells with hour strike on a further large bell, now with Vulliamy-type deadbeat escapement (previously recoil), Vulliamy-type pendulum with massive brass bob secured to a foliate engraved folding pendulum holdfast block, the backplate engraved with foliage centred by an urn on a pedestal and signed at the bottom Ellicott London ; with the original brass-mounted wall bracket with forward sliding key compartment 28 in. (71 cm.) high over wall bracket
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