George III longcase clock by Mason of Worcester, with broken swan neck pediment, flanked by brass orbs, fluted corinthian columns, arched painted dial with moon-phase, Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds and calendar dials, painted figural spandrels, the trunk with reeded corinthian columns and inlaid decoration
- Spandrel - An architectural term that in horology refers to the triangular ornamental decoration in the corners of of the dial plate. The spandrels are usually of cast brass and may be additonally chased and engraved. On painted dial clocks the spandrels are also usually painted.
- George Iii - George III (1738 - 1820) was King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1760 to 1820.
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