A GEORGE III EBONISED TABLE CLOCK, WILLIAM FREDERICK STRIGEL, LONDON, CIRCA 1770

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A GEORGE III EBONISED TABLE CLOCK, WILLIAM FREDERICK STRIGEL, LONDON, CIRCA 1770

6-inch dial with vase and scroll spandrels, mock pendulum and date apertues, the arch with subsidiary regulation and strike/silent dials flanking a shaped plaque signed Willm. Fredk. Strigel, London, the fusee movement with five knopped pillars, verge escapement with rise and fall regulation, trip repeat striking on a bell, the backplate engraved with foliate scrolls and a flower-filled urn, the case with bell top and gilt-brass carrying handle above flambeau finials, floral door mounts and gilt frames to the front door and side panels, on gilt-brass bracket feet 

42cm. 16½in. high