CIRCA 1765, THE MOVEMENT BY WINDMILLS, LONDON, CIRCA 1720
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A GEORGE III GILT-METAL-MOUNTED ENAMEL VASE-SHAPED WALL-CLOCK
CIRCA 1765, THE MOVEMENT BY WINDMILLS, LONDON, CIRCA 1720
The dial bordered with emerald green paste set and upheld by a girl and a boy in Eastern dress within a landscape, the white ground profusely painted with birds and sprays of flowers, with handles in the form of dragons, the backplate signed Windmills/London
11 3⁄4 in. (30 cm.) high; 5 3⁄4 in. (14.5 cm.) wide
CIRCA 1765, THE MOVEMENT BY WINDMILLS, LONDON, CIRCA 1720
The dial bordered with emerald green paste set and upheld by a girl and a boy in Eastern dress within a landscape, the white ground profusely painted with birds and sprays of flowers, with handles in the form of dragons, the backplate signed Windmills/London
11 3⁄4 in. (30 cm.) high; 5 3⁄4 in. (14.5 cm.) wide
Provenance
The Hon. Nellie Ionides (née Samuel) (1883-1962), Buxted Park, Sussex and thence by descent.
Literature
C. Hussey, 'Buxted Park, Sussex III', Country Life, vol. CVIII, 18 August 1950, p. 521, fig. 10 in the Battersea Enamels Cabinet.
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