A GEORGE III GILT-BRASS MOUNTED EBONISED STRIKING BALLOON CLOCK WITH TRIP REPEAT
JOHNSON, LONDON, CIRCA 1800
The balloon shaped case with pinecone finial, sunburst panel below dial, foliate ring handles, on brass bracket feet, the white enamel dial with Roman hours and pierced blued-steel hands, signed JOHNSON/ GRAY'S INN PASSAGE, two train gut fusee movement with five pillars, rack striking on a bell, with trip repeat, 'strike/no strike' lever to back plate
20¾ in. (52.7 cm.) high; 11in. (28 cm.) wide; 6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) deep
A GEORGE III GILT-BRASS MOUNTED EBONISED STRIKING BALLOON CLOCK WITH TRIP REPEAT
JOHNSON, LONDON, CIRCA 1800
The balloon shaped case with pinecone finial, sunburst panel below dial, foliate ring handles, on brass bracket feet, the white enamel dial with Roman hours and pierced blued-steel hands, signed JOHNSON/ GRAY'S INN PASSAGE, two train gut fusee movement with five pillars, rack striking on a bell, with trip repeat, 'strike/no strike' lever to back plate
20¾ in. (52.7 cm.) high; 11in. (28 cm.) wide; 6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) deep
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