Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - Day One - 5th July 2023
Lot 329
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TABLE TIMEPIECE
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2000
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Description
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TABLE TIMEPIECE
BY ELLICOTT LONDON, C.1770
the brass eight day single fusee movement with five knopped pillars and verge escapement, with a backplate engraved with a pagoda and scrolling foliage above the inscription 'Ellicott / London', the silvered dial with black Roman hours and Arabic hours and further inscribed 'Ellicott London' to the bottom edge, the bell top case with a brass handle, mouldings and circular bezel, with a quarter veneered front door and glazed side panels and back door, on brass feet, with pendulum and keys
39.5cm high, 27.5cm wide, 16.8cm deep
Provenance
Sir Ambrose Heal, thence by descent.
Catalogue Note
Attached to the inside of the case is an ivorine label inscribed 'PERCY WEBSTER / CLOCKMAKER / 37 GREAT PORTLAND STREET / No.'.