Lot 629
GEORGE III MAHOGANY CASED BRACKET CLOCK BY JOHN FLADGATE, LONDON
CIRCA 1770
Auction: 25 June 2014 at 12:00 BST
£12,500
Description
the arched case with brass carrying handle, the arched plate with two dials to the arch, one for strike/silent, the other rise/fall regulation, the main dial with silvered chapter ring, Roman and Arabic numerals, the centre with visible bob pendulum, cast spandrels, the case with brass rule edge detail, all on brass ogee bracket feet, the movement with twin fusee striking on one bell, the engraved back plate marked JN. FLADGATE/ LONDON
Dimensions
31cm high x 22cm wide
Footnote
Note: John Fladgate was apprenticed in 1743 and was a member of the Clockmaker's Company
Provenance:
Purchased 1987, John Carlton Smith, St. James's, London
The Contents of the Old Manse, Advie