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A GEORGE II BRASS-MOUNTED TORTOISESHELL STRIKING EIGHT DAY TABLE CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT, FOR THE OTTOMAN MARKET
WILLIAM KIPLING, LONDON. CIRCA 1730
CASE: ringed handle and floral mounts to inverted bell top, pierced brass side frets, brass mounts to front angles, brass-lined front door, scroll feet DIAL: 6 in. square brass dial with scroll and coronet spandrels to engraved Turkish chapter ring, matted centre with false pendulum, plaque signed 'William/Kipling/LONDON', regulation to arch; blued steel hands MOVEMENT: twin chain fusees, six pillars, verge escapement, rack strike on bell, pull quarter repeat on eight bells, fully engraved back plate signed 'William/Kipling/LONDON'
17½ in. (44.5 cm.) high, handle down; 11 in. (28 cm.) wide; 8 in. (20 cm.) wide