JOHN WARD, LONDON, CIRCA 1790

The balloon-shaped case inlaid with Prince of Wales feathers, raised on brass bracket feet, glazed rear door, the white enamel dial with Roman hours and Arabic five minute markers signed ‘JOHN WARD / LONDON’, the twin-train movement with circular plates, anchor escapement and strike on bell, further signed to the backplate 'JOHN WARD / LONDON', the pendulum with fine adjustment, paper label to underside ‘Mme. Espirito Santo’
17³⁄₄ in. (45 cm.) high; 11¹⁄₂ in. (29 cm.) wide; 7 in. (17.5 cm.) deep

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