DESCRIPTION:
Desbois & Wheeler, London, a good Regency mahogany pad top bracket clock, the molded break arch case on gilt ball feet, the door corners with inset, brass ovolo moldings, pierced, fish scale fret spandrels below the dial, brass bezel with convex glass, case sides with arched fishscale frets, and top with central, brass trimmed pad and folding handle, white painted, convex, roman numeral dial signed "Desbois & Wheeler London", blued steel spade hands, and two train fusee movement with shouldered plates, engraved border, knopped pillars, and pull repeat, with heavy, engraved brass pendulum, and counting the hours on a bell
CONDITION:
base with slightly misaligned corners, repair at rear left foot, veneers with checking and lifting, brass molding at right side of door loose at top, escutcheon a poorly made replacement, some case joints with separation, rear top molding with splits, rear door with minor warp, split, and minor loss at lower left, dial with crazing, scratches, and minor losses, hands replaced, movement polished, most holes with friction bushings, bell replaced, ticks and strikes
ESTIMATE:
$1500
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$2000
PRICE SOLD:
$950
DIMENSIONS: 18in x 12in x 7.25in
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