285. 285W Grande pendule anglaise en bois laqué rouge et or à décor de chinoiserie, de Windmills & Bennett, début XVIIIe siècle A good early 18th century red lacquered quarter chiming table clock Windmills & Bennett The inverted caddy top over a shallow arch and framed by four urn-shaped finials over open sound apertures and glazed sides to a stepped moulded base on block feet. The arched brass dial with date aperture in the arch over a Roman and Arabic chapter ring, signed on a recessed plaque in the matted centre with visible mock pendulum aperture. The triple fusee movement with verge escapement, signed on the backplate within a pattern of foliate scrolls and stylised wheatear border, chiming the quarters on a run of bells and striking the hour on a single bell. 78cm high