A fine George III period brass and enamel dial and quarter-striking table clock, the elegant mahogany belltop case with brass mouldings, feet and finely engraved sound frets.

Height:  20 ½ in (51.5 cm) excluding block and finial

Height:  24 ¾ in (63 cm) including block and finial

Width:  14 ½ in (36.75 cm)

Depth :   9 ¼ in (23.5 cm)

* Walter Mitchelson is recorded on page 544 of Brian Loomes’ Clockmakers of the World as working in Helmet Row, London in the last quarter of the 18^th century.

This fine clock is illustrated in Robin Butler’s The Arthur Negus Guide to English Furniture, colour plate 9.

HW6283