A LATE GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED MAHOGANY QUARTER CHIMING AND STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK

The break-arch case with a single pad top, above glazed panel door, flanked to each side by a stop-fluted quarter-column, above a chevron moulded panel, the sides each with a lion mask ring handle and brass grille panel, on stepped plinth and hairy claw feet, the 8in arched white-painted dial, with strike / silent above the chapters, signed, with finely pierced blued steel hands, the substantial three train gut wire fusée movement signed ROBERT ROSKELL LIVERPOOL, with engraved backplate, locking pendulum block with knurled finger nut, anchor escapement, chiming the quarters on a carillon of eight bells and striking the hour on a larger single bell, with trip repeat

53cm high

Provenance: The Waterhouse Collection 

Please see the following story for further details: 

Autumn at Bellmans | The Waterhouse Family Collection

This clock (along with the longcase domestic regulator, also by Roskell in this sale) will have come from his family who originated in Liverpool (Everton).  His father, also Alfred Waterhouse - 1798-1873, his grandfather Nicholas Waterhouse of Everton 1764-1837.   

The clock is in good original condition.  It has its pendulum and a steel key.  The case is in very good condition and is of a fine colour.  The dial has lost some paint over the chapters and minute ring and in the arch on the strike / silent.  The movement looks to have been well cared for.  It functions: however the chime is a bit sluggish.  The oil sinks are dirty so it would be advisable to have it serviced.