A REGENCY BRASS-INLAID EBONISED TIMEPIECE BRACKET CLOCK WITH MUSICAL MOVEMENT
GEORGE WILKINS, LONDON, CIRCA 1820
CASE: surmounted by a pinecone finial and inlaid with swags, quatrefoils, and floral motifs, the finial, upper mouldings and bracket later DIAL: white enamel dial with Roman hours and signed GEO. WILKINS/FRITH ST. SOHO, tune selection dial beneath concealed by door MOVEMENT: chain fusee timepiece movement with dead beat escapement, this movement mounted on a chain fusee musical movement playing three tunes on eight bells, tripped every hour or at will
22. 1/2 in. (57 cm.) high, overall; 8 ½ in. (22 cm.) wide; 6 in. (15 cm.) deep
A REGENCY BRASS-INLAID EBONISED TIMEPIECE BRACKET CLOCK WITH MUSICAL MOVEMENT
GEORGE WILKINS, LONDON, CIRCA 1820
CASE: surmounted by a pinecone finial and inlaid with swags, quatrefoils, and floral motifs, the finial, upper mouldings and bracket later DIAL: white enamel dial with Roman hours and signed GEO. WILKINS/FRITH ST. SOHO, tune selection dial beneath concealed by door MOVEMENT: chain fusee timepiece movement with dead beat escapement, this movement mounted on a chain fusee musical movement playing three tunes on eight bells, tripped every hour or at will
22. 1/2 in. (57 cm.) high, overall; 8 ½ in. (22 cm.) wide; 6 in. (15 cm.) deep