A George III giltwood cartel wall timepiece with 7 inch dial William Gibbs, London, circa 1760 The four pillar single fusee movement with verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum, the 7 inch circular brass Roman numeral dial with false bob aperture and signed W'm Gibbs, London to centre and with Arabic five minutes to outer track, with scroll-pierced steel hands set behind convex-glazed hinged ogee-profile cast bezel, the case with winged eagle surmount over flowering rococo scroll carved and pierced surround to the dial, 73cm (28.75ins) high; 51cm (20ins) wide. William Gibbs is recorded in Baillie, G.H Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as apprenticed in 1736.
A George III giltwood cartel wall timepiece with 7 inch dial William Gibbs, London, circa 1760 The four pillar single fusee movement with verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum, the 7 inch circular brass Roman numeral dial with false bob aperture and signed W'm Gibbs, London to centre and with Arabic five minutes to outer track, with scroll-pierced steel hands set behind convex-glazed hinged ogee-profile cast bezel, the case with winged eagle surmount over flowering rococo scroll carved and pierced surround to the dial, 73cm (28.75ins) high; 51cm (20ins) wide. William Gibbs is recorded in Baillie, G.H Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as apprenticed in 1736.
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