Lot n° 138
A good mid 18th century giltwood cartel clock
William Whitehead, London
The pierced rococo case surmounted by a dramatic ho-ho bird, his beak open and wings outstretched over carved fruit, flowers and foliage within asymmetric C-scrolls, the 7 inch signed silvered Roman and Arabic dial with mock pendulum and blued steel hands, the movement with slightly tapering rectangular plates united by four knopped pillars, the gut fusee to a verge escapement, secured to the case via a steel bar screwed through the rear. 83cms (33ins) high.
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