A GEORGE III ORMOLU AND CUT GLASS 'CANDLESTICK CLOCK' TIMEPIECE
ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM PARKER, THE GILT GLASS PEDESTAL POSSIBLY DECORATED BY JAMES GILES, LATE 18TH CENTURY
A GEORGE III ORMOLU AND CUT GLASS 'CANDLESTICK CLOCK' TIMEPIECE, ATTRIBUTED TO WILLIAM PARKER, THE GILT GLASS PEDESTAL POSSIBLY DECORATED BY JAMES GILES, LATE 18TH CENTURY, CASE: the drum-shaped glazed ormolu case with pineapple glass finial, cut-glass canopy below suspended with pendants, the concave-sided blue glass pedestal base gilt-decorated with paterae and swags, ram's masks to the angles, the spreading plinth on ball feet , DIAL: the 3 inch white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic minutes, pierced gilt hands , MOVEMENT: the four pillar single train timepiece movement with chain fusee and balance wheel verge escapement, unsigned, the underside of the urn with fitting stamped 'B', 15 ? in. (40 cm.) high; 4 ? in. (12 cm.) wide