By Henry Fish, Royal Exchange, London, Circa 1765
Estimate: | £500 - £1,000 |
Hammer price: | £1,200 |
The case with finely-figured veneers and mouldings, the hood with a break arch and upper platform moulding, three brass sphere finials, above arched glazed panel door, flanked by stop-fluted canted corners, above the trunk also with stop-fluted canted angles, with a broken arched panel door, the base with a panelled moulding above a stepped wavy frieze, the 12in arched brass dial with strike/silent subsidiary, above pierced foliate scroll spandrels, enclosing a silvered chapter ring, the matted centre with seconds subsidiary and calendar aperture above the VI with signature panel and pierced blued steel hands, the twin train five-pillar movement with rack strike on a bell
232cm high
Henry Fish (d. 1774) is recorded working at the Royal Exchange from 1736.
CONDITION REPORT
With two brass cased weights and its steel rod brass bob pendulum.
The clock is in very good condition; the case appears to have been recently cleaned. The movement will require a service and is capable of functioning.