By Thomas Dadswell, Burwash, circa 1790
Estimate: | £700 - £1,000 |
Hammer price: | £700 |
Surmounted by a strapped bell and five finials, pierced dolphin frets, above tapering slender columns, a brass door to each side, the 5 3/4in dial with silvered chapter ring, enclosing the signature to the centre above foliate scroll, pierced blued steel single hand, with weight driven movement with anchor escapement, boxwood pulley, countwheel strike on a bell
35cm high
PROVENANCE: Bonhams, 11 July 2018, lot 55.
Thomas Dadswell, a member of the Sussex clockmaking families of Muddle, Dadswell and Hoadley. See also lot 1257.
There is no pendulum or weight for this clock. It appears to be in good condition but dusty, so may require a service. The silvering to the chapter ring is worn. The clock appears to have been extensively cleaned at some point and has a deep straw-coloured lacquer to it.