Bidspirit auction | FREDERICK MILLER, LONDON. A RARE

FREDERICK MILLER, LONDON. A RARE LATE 18TH CENTURY MINIATURE PORCELAIN PANEL QUARTER CHIMING TRIPLE FUSEE GILT BRASS MANTEL CLOCK FOR THE CHINESE MARKET the arched gilt brass case with classical arched enamel panels and beaded mouldings enclosing a 3.25” white enamel Roman dial with centre seconds within red and white stone-set borders and a strike/silent subsidiary above, the dialplate hand-painted with flowerheads and running vines, fronting a movement with five cylindrical pillars and triple chain fusees for going, striking and quarter chiming trains, the going train with a tic-tac escapement and short pendulum, striking on eight bells, signed Frederick Miller, London. (21cm high to top of handle)