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A George III tortoiseshell and brass-mounted striking and automaton table clock with pull quarter repeat
CHRISTOPHER PINCHBECK SENIOR, LONDON. CIRCA 1770 AND LATER
A George III tortoiseshell and brass-mounted striking and automaton table clock with pull quarter repeat Christopher Pinchbeck Senior, London. Circa 1770 and later The case later veneered in tortoiseshell and with brass handle to inverted bell top, with tall arched glass side panels (replaced) and brass-lined fiddle-shaped front door, gilt-metal spandrels above, on later gilt-brass feet, the fiddle-shaped painted brass dial decorated with seasonal spandrels en grisaille , silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, the matted centre with recessed silvered signature plaque signed (to both sides) Pinchbeck Sen.r/LONDON , date aperture below, blued steel hands, with strike/silent lever above 60, the arch with painted scene of a domestic interior with automaton figures, a man to one side seated and raising a flask to his mouth, a woman to the other side churning butter, a fireplace between them flickering to the beat of the pendulum, the five pillar movement with reconverted verge escapement with pierced later backcock, twin line and fusees, hour strike on bell and pull quarter repeat on six bells, the automaton figures moving on the hour, the back plate with scored line border and elaborately engraved with foliate scrolls and masks; the automaton work altered 19¾ in. (50 cm.) high, handle down