A GEORGE III EBONISED STRIKING AND REPEATING VERGE BRACKET CLOCK
By William Freeman, High Holborn, London, circa 1775
Estimate: |
£1,500 - £2,000
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Hammer price:
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£2,200 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
The bell top case with a brass carrying handle and moulded pediment, above glazed door, enclosing an arched 6 in. brass dial with subsidiary for strike/silent in the arch, silvered chapter ring, matted centre with signature escutcheon and calendar aperture, on stepped base and block feet, the sides each with a glazed rectangular panel below circular glazed roundel, the signed rectangular twin train wire gut fusée movement with verge escapement and strike on a bell
41 cm high
Condition Report:
1 case keys. 1 pendulum.
This clock is in good original condition. The strikes functions and it ticks. The false pendulum aperture functions.
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