Lot 77

A GEORGE III GILT-METAL-MOUNTED EBONISED QUARTER STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK

By John Russell, London

Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
Hammer price: £2,000
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.

The bell top case with brass carrying handle and four cone finials, above a glazed door, the sides each with a glazed roundel above brass grille panel, on a stepped base and brass bracket feet, 8 in. arched brass dial with oval painted signature escutcheon between two subsidiaries for regulation and strike/silent, pierced brass finials, white painted chapter ring, pierced blued steel hands, matted centre and calendar aperture, the three train chain fusée movement with foliate engraved backplate, chiming the quarters on a carillon of eight bells and striking the hour on a larger bell with pull-repeat for the hour, locking pendulum block

49 cm high 

Condition Report:

1 winding key. 1 pendulum. 

The clock works.  It ticks and chimes.  Last cleaned in 2008 according to a repairer’s label.  

Please note there is a hinged side door to each side, opened by removing a pin located behind the front door.  


The case has had some repairs and restoration.  


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