Bidspirit auction | KENTISH & HAYNES, LONDON. A


KENTISH & HAYNES, LONDON. A GEORGE III EBONISED TRIPLE FUSEE MUSICAL BRACKET CLOCK CHIMING ON FOURTEEN BELLS of arched case with urn and ball gilt finials, pierced side sound frets and gilt-mounted plinth base with bracket feet, enclosing an unusual brass pierced and engraved mask with enamel dial having a concentric calendar and subsidiary dials for Chime/Silent and tune selection; fronting a signed eight day chain driven movement with five knopped pillars and anchor escapement playing one of four tunes on fourteen bells and striking the hours on a single bell. (52cm high to top of finial)