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A George III mahogany and brass-mounted striking table clock, circa 1790
The front angles with cast brass mounts and the sides with pierced later frets, formerly with finials flanking the bell top and formerly on bracket feet, the silvered and engraved dial with Roman and Arabic chapter ring, signed in the centre James Gaze/London, with calendar ring below and strike/silent ring to the arch above, original steel hands, the eight day twin wire fusee movement with five pillars, now with anchor escapement, strike on bell, the back plate with floral and urn engraving -- 19¾ in. (50 cm.) high to fold of handle
The front angles with cast brass mounts and the sides with pierced later frets, formerly with finials flanking the bell top and formerly on bracket feet, the silvered and engraved dial with Roman and Arabic chapter ring, signed in the centre James Gaze/London, with calendar ring below and strike/silent ring to the arch above, original steel hands, the eight day twin wire fusee movement with five pillars, now with anchor escapement, strike on bell, the back plate with floral and urn engraving -- 19¾ in. (50 cm.) high to fold of handle
Provenance
By repute, the property of John Mortlock (1755-1816) and thence by descent. Having founded the city's first bank in 1755, Mortlock was mayor of Cambridge on thirteen occasions - having altered the rules to allow this. His grip on power enabled him to buy large tracts of land and upon his death his property was valued at £120,000, a considerable sum at the time. The bank was sold to Barclays in 1896. The inevntory of the present owner's grandmother (b.1861) refers to 'The old bank clock, Bene't Street, 1780'.
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