A good George III period mahogany tavern clock of excellent colour, figure and proportions. The 20 inch convex wooden white dial has its original gilt brass hands, the minute hand with counterpoise, and an 8-day timepiece movement with A shaped plates. 

Height: 41 in (104 cm) 
Dial Width: 20 in (51 cm) 

* Desbois and Wheeler are listed on page 212 of Brian Loomes’ ‘Clockmakers of the World: 21st Century Edition’. They were working in Grays Inn Passage between 1790 and 1835. 

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