Fine English ormolu giant double fusee repeating carriage cl...

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£8,000 - £12,000

Fine English ormolu giant double fusee repeating carriage clock, the 3.25" gilt chapter ring within a pierced ormolu foliate mask, signed J.W. Bell, Leeds on a foliate shaped plate beneath six o'clock, the five pillar movement with maintaining power, the back door with vertical release mechanism and three shuttered apertures, also with slow/fast lever to the top and inscribed 'Mary Clarke, the Gift of her Husband 17th Jan 1877', also inscribed to the movement back plate J.W. Bell, within an elegant case with applied fluted sweeping canted corners and four matching swept bracket feet, the sides and top with bevelled glazed panels, 11" high overall (original key)
 
*For a similar clock made by Dent London see Carriage Clocks by Allix and Bonnert. P. 262 Plate IX/38.

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This clock is in generally excellent condition with just minor wear to the gilding and some minor scratches on the back plate, see images for guidance, personal viewing always advised where possible