A George IV brass inlaid mahogany hour striking drop-dial fusee wall clock The dial signed for James Lee Liverpool, circa 1825 The five pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by long lenticular bob pendulum and shouldered plates, the 12 inch circular convex cream painted Roman numeral dial inscribed JA.S LEE, Peter St., LIVERPOOL to centre and with blued steel spade hands set behind hinged cast brass convex glazed bezel within an octagonal surround with repeating symmetrical brass leafy spray inlaid decoration divided by radial lines within reeded border, the drop-trunk case with brass lattice fret inset frets to side doors over twin fan carved ears flanking brass fillet inset concave sided lenticle within brass line borders with rosettes to angles, the quarter-round base with hinged pendulum access flap within conforming brass strung surround, 72cm (28.25ins) high. A James Lee is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World as working from Peter Street Liverpool in 1818.
A George IV brass inlaid mahogany hour striking drop-dial fusee wall clock The dial signed for James Lee Liverpool, circa 1825 The five pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by long lenticular bob pendulum and shouldered plates, the 12 inch circular convex cream painted Roman numeral dial inscribed JA.S LEE, Peter St., LIVERPOOL to centre and with blued steel spade hands set behind hinged cast brass convex glazed bezel within an octagonal surround with repeating symmetrical brass leafy spray inlaid decoration divided by radial lines within reeded border, the drop-trunk case with brass lattice fret inset frets to side doors over twin fan carved ears flanking brass fillet inset concave sided lenticle within brass line borders with rosettes to angles, the quarter-round base with hinged pendulum access flap within conforming brass strung surround, 72cm (28.25ins) high. A James Lee is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World as working from Peter Street Liverpool in 1818.
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