Millington Adams
George III mahogany & gilt brass mounted bracket clock Henry Gratte, London ( 1780 )
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Price:
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gbp 10900.00 (Pound Sterling)
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Dimensions:
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11.50inch wide
19.50inch high
8.75inch deep
(29.21 cm wide 49.53 cm high 22.22 cm deep)
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Description:
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A George III gilt brass mounted mahogany bell top bracket clock Henry Gratte, London. The five-pillar twin fusee rack and bell striking movement with verge escapement and basket of flowers within foliate scroll engraved back plate. The 7 inch single sheet silvered brass break-arch Roman numeral dial with Arabic five minutes and subsidiary calendar dial to the centre signed “Henry Gratte, Kennington Lane”, the arch with “strike-silent” selector. The well figured mahogany bell-top case with hinged carrying handle and pineapple finials above foliate cast female caryatid mounted canted angles and gilt pierced scroll infill above arch, the sides with break-arch windows, on moulded base with scroll cast feet. All the mounts being particularly well cast and retaining excellent original colour to the gilding. A superb clock.
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Provenance:
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From a private collector in Surrey
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Literature:
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For more information visit our website www.millingtonadams.com
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Condition:
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Excellent. The movement has been fully overhauled, minor restorations to the case, cleaning & waxing.
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