A GEORGE III RED JAPANNED MUSICAL LONGCASE CLOCK

A GEORGE III RED JAPANNED MUSICAL LONGCASE CLOCK

FOR THE SPANISH MARKET, BY ROBERT AND PETER HIGGS, LONDON, C.1775,

the brass eight day repeating movement with eight knopped pillars and anchor escapement chiming on a nest of eight bells and striking on a ninth bell, the brass dial with a silvered chapter ring with black Roman hours and Arabic minutes, with a subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture and plaque inscribed 'Robert & Peter Higgs / London' on a matted centre, with foliate spandrels, beneath an arch with a 'Tocar Silencio' (Strike Silent) dial, the hood with gilt metal urn finials, a pagoda top with reticulated gilt metal grilles above an arched door flanked by brass inlaid, stop fluted columns and brass, fish scale grilles to the sides, on a body with an arched door decorated in low relief with a Chinoiserie lake scene with sailing boats before a bridge to an island with a pagoda with figures, trees and buildings beyond, flanked by brass inlaid stop fluted quarter columns, a panelled base with similar stop fluted quarter columns and scrolling foot, with keys, weights and pendulum

265cm high