A mid to late 18th century ebonised triple pad top table clock
Georg Philip Strigel, London
Surmounted by a patinated brass leaf handle over three pads and fish scale side frets, framed by four chamfered pilasters and glazed front and back doors with moulded base and block feet. The painted Roman and Arabic dial with subsidiary dials at the top, one for 'Strike-Silent' and another for rise-and-fall regulation have stylised tulip hands, the minute and hour hands extravagantly pierced. The twin gut fusee movement with verge escapement, pinned suspension spring, and five knopped pillars has a symmetrically engraved floral and swag back plate, with a signature and engraved pendulum. Ticking, striking with a winding key. 39.5cms (15.5ins) high
Footnotes:
George Philip Strigel (1718 -1798) was watchmaker to Queen Charlotte and maintained all of the clocks that were owned by King George III. He worked from a shop in Pimlico between 1760-1788 and was appointed an honorary Freeman of the Clockmakers Company in 1781, likely due to his royal connections. Some clocks list his business as 'facing her Majesty's Pallace, (sic) London'. In addition to table clocks, examples survive of his watches, longcase clocks, and carriage clocks.