Lot 89
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A REGENCY SMALL MAHOGANY DROP DIAL WALL CLOCK WITH CONVEX ENAMEL DIAL
A REGENCY SMALL MAHOGANY DROP DIAL WALL CLOCK WITH CONVEX ENAMEL DIAL

JOHN GUDGEON, BURY ST. EDMUNDS. CIRCA 1810

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A REGENCY SMALL MAHOGANY DROP DIAL WALL CLOCK WITH CONVEX ENAMEL DIAL
JOHN GUDGEON, BURY ST. EDMUNDS. CIRCA 1810
CASE: cast brass bezel to turned surround, trunk with plain ears, door to chisel foot base DIAL: the 9 in. diameter enamel dial signed 'GUDGEON/BURY', blue steel hands, five pillar movement, single gut fusee, Graham-type dead beat escapement; steel rod pendulum
17½ in. (44.5 cm.) high; 11¼ in. (28.5 cm.) wide; 6 in. (15.5 cm.) deep

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John Gudgeon is recorded working at the Butter Market, Bury St. Edmunds. He went into partnership with Mary Lumley, whose daughter he married in 1785. He traded as Lumley and Gudgeon until 1800 when he continued on his own. He died in 1835.

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