With a broken arch hood above glazed doors, flanked by columns, the trunk with an arched panel door, above panelled base and plinth, the 12in arched silvered dial, signed JOHN HUBBARD, LONDON, above the moon phase aperture, with foliate engraved spandrels, enclosing engraved Roman chapters and Arabic five-minute markers with recessed seconds subsidiary and calendar aperture sector, the twin train movement with rack strike on a bell and anchor escapement
220cm high
John Hubbard is recorded circa 1770-1780 working in Southwark, London. The original maker’s label, glued to the backboard here, gives his address as Kent Street in Southwark (see detail image).
CONDITION REPORT
With pendulum, crank key and two brass-cased weights. Overall in good condition.
A small nick to the lower left corner of dial.
