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Fine George I repeating table clock, circa 1720, by Benjamin Gray, London,
three dials including strike / silent selector dial, second hand dial and main
clock dial with chapter ring displaying Arabic and Roman numerals, with
small calendar aperture to centre, pierced blued steel hands and applied
rococo scroll cast spandrels, with five pillar twin fusee rack and twin bell
striking movement with half deadbeat escapement, regulated by heavy bob
pendulum, housed in a walnut case, with plaque to front, reads: This
repeating clock was made about the year 1720, by Benjamin Gray, then
residing at the "Golden Fleece", Pall Mall next door to the Marlborough
House, clock maker to their Majesties King George the 1st & 2nd, brass
carrying handle to top, with keys, an exquisite clock.
£7000 - £10,000