Bidspirit auction | WILLIAM SMITH, LONDON. A GEORGE

WILLIAM SMITH, LONDON. A GEORGE III ORMOLU MOUNTED EBONISED VERGE BRACKET CLOCK the bell top case with pineapple finials and canted caryatid corners on ogee bracket feet. The arched 7” brass and silvered dial with gilt rococo spandrels, Roman and Arabic chapter ring and matted centre with mock pendulum and date apertures below a silvered name plaque, the arch having a subsidiary strike/silent dial fronting an eight-day double fusee movement with knopped pillars and verge escapement striking the hours on a bell; fully engraved backplate depicting a Chinese figure and pagoda above columns and foliage. (47cm high )