A Regency inlaid satinwood striking balloon bracket clock

JOHN WALKER, LONDON. CIRCA 1800

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A Regency inlaid satinwood striking balloon bracket clock
John Walker, London. Circa 1800
The cross-banded case of waisted outline with ebony and boxwood chequer border inlay, the centre marquetry inlaid with Prince of Wales feathers, the concave moulded top inlaid with floral marquetry and surmounted by a foliate cast and gadrooned gilt-metal finial, foliate cast handles to the sides, the base on brass bracket feet, convex glazed brass bezel to the white enamel dial with Arabic chapters and signed WALKER LONDON with blued steel hands, the movement with circular brass plates secured by five pillars, twin wire fusees, anchor escapement, strike on a bell secured to the back plate signed John Walker London within a ribbon-tied foliate cartouche and beneath a gadroon-engraved urn with a spray of flowers, similarly engraved movement securing brackets
21¼in. (54cm.) high

Lot Essay

The fashion for balloon-shaped bracket clocks spanned the period 1780-1810, which was also the period in which satinwood was first used for English furniture. The Sheraton-inspired case of the present clock would have been very much in tune with contemporary furniture. For comparative examples see Richard Barder The Georgian Bracket Clock 1714-1830, Antique Collectors' Club, 1993, pp.147-149.

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