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BENJAMIN DUNKELY, TOOTING; FOURTH QUARTER 18TH CENTURY
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A George III mahogany quarter chiming bracket clock
Benjamin Dunkely, Tooting; fourth quarter 18th century
The case with concave moulding to the breakarch top with gilt metal handles to the sides with petal-pierced gilt-metal sound frets, the base on gilt-metal bracket feet, the engraved silvered dial signed Benjn. Dunkely, Tooting in the centre with decorated calendar aperture, Roman and Arabic chapters with pierced blued steel hands, foliate engraved spandrels, the arch with subsidiary rings for chime/not chime and regulation centred by an engraved basket of fruit, the six pillar fusee triple movement with deadbeat escapement, the pendulum (lacking) suspended high above the plates from the regulation bar with inverted crutchpiece, quarter chiming on eight bells with hour strike on further bell, the backplate engraved with scrolling foliage and a central basket of fruit and with similarly engraved movement securing brackets (one damaged);
the backplate illustrated on page 97
24 ins. 61 cm. high
24 ins. 61 cm. high
Benjamin Dunkely, Tooting; fourth quarter 18th century
The case with concave moulding to the breakarch top with gilt metal handles to the sides with petal-pierced gilt-metal sound frets, the base on gilt-metal bracket feet, the engraved silvered dial signed Benjn. Dunkely, Tooting in the centre with decorated calendar aperture, Roman and Arabic chapters with pierced blued steel hands, foliate engraved spandrels, the arch with subsidiary rings for chime/not chime and regulation centred by an engraved basket of fruit, the six pillar fusee triple movement with deadbeat escapement, the pendulum (lacking) suspended high above the plates from the regulation bar with inverted crutchpiece, quarter chiming on eight bells with hour strike on further bell, the backplate engraved with scrolling foliage and a central basket of fruit and with similarly engraved movement securing brackets (one damaged);
the backplate illustrated on page 97
24 ins. 61 cm. high
24 ins. 61 cm. high