Lot 82
EARLY GEORGE III MAHOGANY AND GILT BRASS BRACKET CLOCK WITH PULL REPEAT, JOSEPH HERRING, LONDON
CIRCA 1770
Auction: Five Centuries Day One | Wed 11th November | Lots 1 to 322
Description
the 7 inch gilt brass breakarch dial with silvered chapter ring, Roman numerals and Arabic five minute markers, the matted centre with mock pendulum aperture, signature plaque ‘Jos.h Herring, London’ and date aperture, with pierced foliate spandrels, the arch with a subsidiary ‘Strike/Silent’ dial also flanked by spandrels, the bell top case with a loop handle, the front door with canted supports and sound frets to the top angles, glazed rear door also with sound frets to the top angles, with fish scale sound fret side panels, raised on gilt bun feet, the twin train wire fusee movement with anchor escapement and strike cord pull repeat on bell, the plates joined by five knopped pillars, the foliate engraved backplate with pendulum hold-fast
Dimensions
50cm high [handle up], 27cm wide, 18cm deep
Footnote
Joseph Herring was apprenticed to John Lorimer of St. Mary's, Whitechapel, London, for 5 years on the 23rd Feb 1761 at a fee of £21. He was a liveryman of the Clockmakers Company 1767-1804.