A Regency period rosewood bracket clock By James McCabe
£6,400
Auction: 21 March 2007 at 11:00 GMT
Description
the 8 day twin train fusee movement striking the hours and half hours on a bell, the enamelled convex dial with Roman chapters and strike/silent lever above maker's name painted in black lettering and serial no. 1337, the backplate similarly engraved James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, the architectural case with foliate brass finial and chamfer-stepped pediment above sunken field spandrels inlaid with sprays of flowers in cut-brass, flanked by brass carrying handles and 'fishscale' side grilles, the skirted plinth raised on brass ball feet
Dimensions
28cm wide, 46cm high, 16cm deep
Footnote
James McCabe moved to London from Belfast in the latter part of the 18th century and is recorded at Royal Exchange in 1786. Nothwithstanding his successful career as a clock maker, McCabe also was commissioned to make a watch for Horatio Nelson.