A George III ormolu quarter striking mantel clock for the Chinese market, in the manner of James Tregent, unsigned, English, circa 1790

Property from a European Private Collection

A George III ormolu quarter striking mantel clock for the Chinese market, in the manner of James Tregent, unsigned, English, circa 1790

3-inch enamel dial with sweep seconds and outer seconds ring enclosing the hours and minutes dial and a subsidiary "diablotine" dial indicating jump 1/5 seconds, the movement with chain fusee to the going train, brass cylinder escapement with plain steel three-arm balance and finely pierced and engraved foliate balance cock and mounts, silvered regulation dial, standing barrel for striking the hours and quarters with two hammers on a single bell, the drum case surmounted by an eagle and supported on four adorsed dolphins, on a pierced oval base with foliate scroll feet linked by floral swags,

height 37cm, width 21cm