Details
A George III mahogany striking bracket clock, the case with foliate brass handle to triple-pad top, foliate pierced brass frets to glazed sides and on wood block feet, the dial signed Daniel Vauguion London on a silvered sector in the arch flanked by subsidiary rings for strike/silent and regulation, silvered chapter ring having a matted centre with date aperture and pierced blued hands (later minute hand), foliate spandrels, the twin fusee movement with verge escapement with cam-regulated and spring suspended pendulum, strike/trip repeat on bell, the backplate well engraved with flowers and scrolling foliage with pendulum holdfast and securing brackets to case
15½in. (39.5cm.) high
15½in. (39.5cm.) high
Provenance
Geoffrey Blackwell, Esq., O.B.E.