Attributed to J.J. Elliott, London, a monumental chiming hall clock in an elaborately carved mahogany case, the base and hood with marquetry panels, case back and hood sides with fretwork panels, glazed trunk door and sides, on four bracket feet, brass dial with cast brass spandrels, arabic numeral silvered chapter ring and seconds bit and three silvered subsidiary dials for Strike / Silent, Chime / Silent, and tune selection of Westminster / Whittington, 8 day, three train movement driven by three brass weights, chiming the quarters on nine tubular bells and regulated by a mercury pendulum
J.J. Elliott, London, for Muhrs Sons, Philadelphia, a large mahogany chiming bracket clock, the mahogany architectural case of very good quality and with well executed foliate carved panels with finely stippled backgrounds and the top with carved swags, roman numeral composite dial with gilt, engraved spandrels and engraved center, the top with subsidiary dials for chimes and regulation, blued steel hands, and a very substantial, signed 8 day, three train fusee movement, sounding Westminster quarters on gongs, or Whittington on eight bells, and sounding the hours on a larger gong, with heavy brass pendulum and winding key
A large mahogany bracket clock chiming on gongs and bells by Elliott
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J.J. Elliott, London, for Muhrs Sons, Philadelphia, a large mahogany chiming bracket clock, the mahogany architectural case of very good quality and with well executed foliate carved panels with finely stippled backgrounds and the top with carved swags, roman numeral composite dial with gilt, engraved spandrels and engraved center, the top with subsidiary dials for chimes and regulation, blued steel hands, and a very substantial, signed 8 day, three train fusee movement, sounding Westminster quarters on gongs, or Whittington on eight bells, and sounding the hours on a larger gong, with heavy brass pendulum and winding key