A GEORGE III BRASS-BOUND EBONY STRIKING EIGHT DAY TABLE CLOCK

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PROPERTY FROM THE ESTATE OF A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF GEORGE D. WIDENER, PHILADELPHIA (LOTS 537-538)

A GEORGE III BRASS-BOUND EBONY STRIKING EIGHT DAY TABLE CLOCK

BY GRANT, LONDON, NO. 404, EARLY 19TH CENTURY

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A GEORGE III BRASS-BOUND EBONY STRIKING EIGHT DAY TABLE CLOCK
BY GRANT, LONDON, NO. 404, EARLY 19TH CENTURY
CASE: arched case with spreading pediment, paneled front, the sides with volutes fronted by rosettes, on brass-bound base, formerly on ball feet DIAL: white enamel, with crossed minute track, signed GRANT Fleet Street LONDON No. 404, gilt spade hands, strike/not strike above 60 MOVEMENT: five pillars, shouldered plates, twin chain fusees with anchor escapement and strike on bell, secured to the case with brackets to the top and with bolts (lacking) through the seatboard and lower pillars, pendulum
19½ in. (49.5 cm.) high, 12½ in. (32 cm.) wide, 16 in. (15 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

Grant made a number of clocks with the 'neo-Grec' volutes seen on this example. An almost identical clock in a satinwood case is illustrated in R C R Barder, The Georgian Bracket Clock 1714-1830, Woodbridge, 1993, p. 190.

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