Lot 114
GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND BRASS BRACKET CLOCK, METCALFE, NEWGATE STREET, LONDON
LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY
Auction: Five Centuries Day One | Wed 11th November | Lots 1 to 322
Description
the 8 inch brass breakarch dial with silvered chapter ring, Roman numerals and Arabic five minute markers, a signature plate below the XII numeral, the matted centre with a date aperture, framed by pierced scalloped and c-scroll spandrels, the arch with a subsidiary ‘Strike/Silent’ dial flanked by matching spandrels, the breakarch case surmounted by a brass swing handle, the moulded cornice over pierced brass fish-scale side fret panels, on a moulded plinth and gilt brass ogee bracket feet, the two train wire fusee movement with anchor escapement and striking on a bell, the backplate with running swag border framing the central signature cartouche signed ‘Metcalfe, Newgate Street, London’ and a pendulum holdfast
Dimensions
46cm high [handle up], 31cm wide, 19cm deep