A LARGE 19TH CENTURY ORMOLU MOUNTED TRIPLE FUSEE
A LARGE 19TH CENTURY ORMOLU MOUNTED TRIPLE FUSEE QUARTER CHIMING BRACKET CLOCK the arched top case with stepped pediment and ormolu torch finials above a cast leaf work ormolu arched door flanked by caryatid canted corners and breakfront plinth base raised on scroll feet enclosing an unusual 8" arched brass dial with silvered chapter ring above two subsidiary dials and an applied ormolu plaque depicting Old Father Time fronting a large triple chain driven fusee movement with anchor escapement chiming the quarters on a nest of eight bells and the hours on a gong (75cm high)
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A LARGE 19TH CENTURY ORMOLU MOUNTED TRIPLE FUSEE QUARTER CHIMING BRACKET CLOCK the arched top case with stepped pediment and ormolu torch finials above a cast leaf work ormolu arched door flanked by caryatid canted corners and breakfront plinth base raised on scroll feet enclosing an unusual 8" arched brass dial with silvered chapter ring above two subsidiary dials and an applied ormolu plaque depicting Old Father Time fronting a large triple chain driven fusee movement with anchor escapement chiming the quarters on a nest of eight bells and the hours on a gong (75cm high)