WILLIAM DUTTON, LONDON. CIRCA 1775

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A George III oak cased travelling alarm timepiece
William Dutton, London. Circa 1775
The breakarch brass door signed Willm. Dutton London above a circular glazed aperture to the rectangular brass dial plate with silvered Roman chapter ring with lozenge half hour markers and delicately pierced blued steel hand, the matted centre with large diameter silvered alarm-set disc, the movement with four baluster pillars, going train with original verge escapement and short bob pendulum, the alarm striking on a bell above the plates enclosed within brass shutters, brass suspension loop to the top and wall spurs below; together with the original oak travelling box with dovetail joints and brass handle to the top, the interior fitted with two compartments for the brass-cased lead weights
7¾ in. (19.5 cm.) high box

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Lot Essay

William Dutton was apprenticed in 1738 to George Graham (1673-1751). He became a Freeman of the Clockmkakers' Company in 1738 and spend most of this working life in a fruitful partnership with Thomas Mudge (1715-1790) who was also apprenticed to George Graham.

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