A GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED EBONISED STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH TRIP REPEAT, JAMES TREGENT, LONDON, CIRCA 1780

A GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED EBONISED STRIKING TABLE CLOCK WITH TRIP REPEAT
JAMES TREGENT, LONDON, CIRCA 1780
CASE: the inverted bell top case with ring handle, later pinecone finials and pierced foliate sound frets, on bracket feet DIAL: engraved break arch brass dial with rococo spandrels, the silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, with mock pendulum and date aperture, subsidiary dials for strike/silent and rise and fall regulation to arch and silvered signature plaque Jams Tregent/London MOVEMENT: two train gut fusee eight-day movement with six pillars, verge escapement, rack striking to bell, with trip repeat, engraved back plate unsigned
15 ½ in. (39.5 cm.) high; 10 in. (25.5 cm.) wide; 7 in. (18 cm.) deep

Provenance
Acquired from Anthony Woodburn, Lewes, 14th January 2008.

Pre-Lot Text
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN, FROM BELMONT HOUSE, EAST SUSSEX (LOTS 77-90)