AN UNUSUAL GEORGE III ORMOLU AND CUT GLASS 'CANDLESTICK CLOCK' TIMEPIECE
LATE 18TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM PARKER, THE GILT GLASS PEDESTAL POSSIBLY DECORATED BY JAMES GILES
AN UNUSUAL GEORGE III ORMOLU AND CUT GLASS 'CANDLESTICK CLOCK' TIMEPIECE LATE 18TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM PARKER, THE GILT GLASS PEDESTAL POSSIBLY DECORATED BY JAMES GILES CASE: the drum-shaped glazed ormolu case with pineapple glass finial, cut-glass canopy below suspended with pendants, the concave sided blue glass pedestal base gilt-decorated with paterae and swags, rams' masks to the angles, the spreading plinth raised on ball feet DIAL: the 3 inch white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes, pierced gilt hands MOVEMENT: the four pillar single train timepiece movement with chain fusee and balance wheel verge escapement, unsigned, the underside of the urn with fitting stamped 'B', with associated glass dome 15¾ in. (40 cm.) high; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) wide
AN UNUSUAL GEORGE III ORMOLU AND CUT GLASS 'CANDLESTICK CLOCK' TIMEPIECE
LATE 18TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM PARKER, THE GILT GLASS PEDESTAL POSSIBLY DECORATED BY JAMES GILES
AN UNUSUAL GEORGE III ORMOLU AND CUT GLASS 'CANDLESTICK CLOCK' TIMEPIECE LATE 18TH CENTURY, ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM PARKER, THE GILT GLASS PEDESTAL POSSIBLY DECORATED BY JAMES GILES CASE: the drum-shaped glazed ormolu case with pineapple glass finial, cut-glass canopy below suspended with pendants, the concave sided blue glass pedestal base gilt-decorated with paterae and swags, rams' masks to the angles, the spreading plinth raised on ball feet DIAL: the 3 inch white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes, pierced gilt hands MOVEMENT: the four pillar single train timepiece movement with chain fusee and balance wheel verge escapement, unsigned, the underside of the urn with fitting stamped 'B', with associated glass dome 15¾ in. (40 cm.) high; 4¾ in. (12 cm.) wide
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