A William Iii Ebonised and Tortoiseshell Striking Table Clock with

CASE: with silk-backed pierced basket-top, the tortoiseshell veneered case with ebonised mouldings and raised on claw-capped bun feet DIAL: the 6 1⁄8 inch square gilt-brass dial with skeletonised chapter ring, Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, lozenge half-hour markers, pierced blued steel hands, the matted centre with date aperture, cherub head spandrels to the angles MOVEMENT: the twin train movement with plates joined by five latched pillars, the fusees with gut lines, reinstated verge escapement, the pull quarter repeat on two bells, strike / silent lever to the backplate, engraved with foliage and flowerheads about the signature plaque 'H. Adamson / London'

Estimate:£10,000

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