Lot 27
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A GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED EBONISED STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
A GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED EBONISED STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
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A GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED EBONISED STRIKING TABLE CLOCK

JOHN HOLMES, LONDON, CIRCA 1770

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A GEORGE III BRASS-MOUNTED EBONISED STRIKING TABLE CLOCK
JOHN HOLMES, LONDON, CIRCA 1770
CASE: with ring handle DIAL: the silvered dial with strike/silent to arch, Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, with date aperture and signed HOLMES/ 156 STRAND, LONDON MOVEMENT: the twin fusee movement with dead beat escapement and rack striking to bell, the back plate signed Holmes/ London
15 ½ in, (38.3 cm.) high, to base of handle; 11 ¼ in. (28.5 cm.) wide; 7 ¾ in. (19.6 cm.) deep

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Lot Essay

John Holmes (b.circa 1728-d.1797?) is believed to have been apprenticed circa 1743-1750 to Henry Hindley of York. He is then recorded working at Hard Court, Holborn in 1754 before setting up alone at 156 Strand, by Somerset House. A maker of great repute, he supervised the making of the turret clock for Greenwich Hospital by Thwaites. In 1791 he was one of the experts on the Select Committee of the House of Commons which reported on Thomas Mudge's marine chronometers.

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