Lot Essay
The style of the movement and use of silent verge escapement are reminiscent of the work of Benjamin Vulliamy (1781-1820)
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RAINSFORD, LONDON
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A George III ebonised bracket timepiece, with silent verge escapement
Rainsford, London
The case with brass handle to inverted bell top, later pierced ebony frets to the sides, the moulded base on block feet, the dial signed Rainsford, Leicester Square on a silvered plaque in the matted centre with mock pendulum aperture, baskets-of-fruit spandrels, pendulum regulation ring in the arch, the five pillar single wire fusee movement with silent verge escapement, the spring-suspended pendulum hung from the regulation bar, now lacking pull quarter repeat, pendulum holdfast to the foliate engraved backplate
15in. (38cm.)
Rainsford, London
The case with brass handle to inverted bell top, later pierced ebony frets to the sides, the moulded base on block feet, the dial signed Rainsford, Leicester Square on a silvered plaque in the matted centre with mock pendulum aperture, baskets-of-fruit spandrels, pendulum regulation ring in the arch, the five pillar single wire fusee movement with silent verge escapement, the spring-suspended pendulum hung from the regulation bar, now lacking pull quarter repeat, pendulum holdfast to the foliate engraved backplate
15in. (38cm.)