A GEORGE III ORMOLU AND CUT GLASS 'CANDLESTICK CLOCK' TIMEPIECE

A GEORGE III ORMOLU AND CUT GLASS 'CANDLESTICK CLOCK' TIMEPIECE
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM PARKER, THE GILT GLASS PEDESTAL POSSIBLY DECORATED BY JAMES GILES, LATE 18TH CENTURY
CASE: the drum-shaped glazed ormolu case with pineapple glass finial, cut-glass canopy below suspended with pendants, the concave-sided blue glass pedestal base gilt-decorated with paterae and swags, ram's masks to the angles, the spreading plinth on ball feet
DIAL: the 3 inch white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes, pierced gilt hands
MOVEMENT: the four pillar single train timepiece movement with chain fusee and balance wheel verge escapement, unsigned, the underside of the urn with fitting stamped 'B'
15 ¾ in. (40 cm.) high; 4 ¾ in. (12 cm.) wide

Provenance

Almost certainly purchased by Sir Albert Richardson (1880-1964) from F. Jones, Tavistock Street, Bedford, 25 March 1931, as an 18th century ormolu clock with cut-glass pendants (£121.12).
The Collection of Professor Sir Albert Richardson, P.R.A.; sold Christie's, London, 18-19 September 2013, lot 59.