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LOT 171 A fine George III green japanned table clock with pull-quarter repeat on six bells, Marmaduke Storr,

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A fine George III green japanned table clock with pull-quarter repeat on six bells Marmaduke Storr, London, circa 1760 The six pillar twin fusee movement with verge escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum incorporating rise/fall regulation to suspension, with pull-quarter repeat on a graduated nest of six bells and hour strike on a further larger bell , the backplate with fine symmetrical foliate scroll engraved decoration around a central reserve signed Marm: Storr, London, the 8 inch brass break-arch dial with curved false bob over calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed Marm: Storr, London, to lower edge, with pierced steel hands and rococo scroll 'Indian mask' cast spandrels to angles incorporating offset N S strike/silent selection switch to upper left beneath arch with subsidiary STRIKE/SILENT selection dial flanked by conforming mounts, the green japanned bell-top case with brass carrying handle and generous finials to the superstructure decorated in raised polychrome and gilt with chinoiserie garden landscape panels incorporating boating figures within lattice borders, over cavetto top mouldings and break-arch glazed front door with conforming decoration to surround and scroll pierced frets to upper quadrants, the sides with circular over concave-topped glazed apertures and the rear with further break-arched glazed door set within the frame of the case, on generous cavetto moulded base incorporating bracket feet with shaped apron between, 52cm (21.5ins) high excluding handle. Provenance: The beneficiaries of the estate of a private collector, Wiltshire. Marmaduke Storr is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as an 'eminent' maker working in London 1724-75.The current clock is particularly rare survivor retaining its original decoration untouched and with the movement and dial reflecting the case's originality.

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Donnington Priory Newbury Berkshire RG14 2JE United Kingdom

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