Lot Essay
Robert Henderson is listed working between 1768-1805 and having supplied a clock for the Peiping Palace, China
ROBERT HENDERSON, LONDON, FOURTH QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
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A GEORGE III BRASS-LINED EBONISED STRIKING SMALL BRACKET CLOCK
robert henderson, london, fourth quarter 18th century
The white enamel Roman and Arabic chapter disc with finely pierced blued steel hands, signed in the centre Rt. Henderson St. Martin's Court, London, Indian mask-and-foliate spandrels, subisdiary strike/silent disc in the arch, the five pillar twin-gut fusee movement with verge escapement and strike on bell, the plain backplate engraved with the repeat signature, pendulum holdfast and movement securing brackets to the case with foliate-cast handle to the brass-lined triple-pad top, pierced brass fish scale soundfrets to the sides and on brass bracket feet
12in. (30.5cm.) high
robert henderson, london, fourth quarter 18th century
The white enamel Roman and Arabic chapter disc with finely pierced blued steel hands, signed in the centre Rt. Henderson St. Martin's Court, London, Indian mask-and-foliate spandrels, subisdiary strike/silent disc in the arch, the five pillar twin-gut fusee movement with verge escapement and strike on bell, the plain backplate engraved with the repeat signature, pendulum holdfast and movement securing brackets to the case with foliate-cast handle to the brass-lined triple-pad top, pierced brass fish scale soundfrets to the sides and on brass bracket feet
12in. (30.5cm.) high