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MATTHEW DUTTON, LONDON, NO. 316. CIRCA 1790
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A George III ebonised striking bracket clock
Matthew Dutton, London, No. 316. Circa 1790
The case with brass handle to the breakarch top applied with three raised rectangular pads, pierced brass fishscale frets to the sides, the moulded base on brass pad feet, brass-lined front door to a silvered engraved dial signed Mattw Dutton London, pierced blued steel hands, calendar aperture, Roman and Arabic chapter ring, strike/silent lever above 60, subsidiary ring in the arch for pendulum regulation, the movement with substantial brass plates and five pillars, twin gut fusees, half deadbeat escapement with spring-suspended pendulum regulated by a cam behind the dial via a cantilever platform above the plates, rack strike on a bell, the backplate with pendulum securing block and further signed Mattw. Dutton London 316
15¼ in. (38.5 cm.) high
Matthew Dutton, London, No. 316. Circa 1790
The case with brass handle to the breakarch top applied with three raised rectangular pads, pierced brass fishscale frets to the sides, the moulded base on brass pad feet, brass-lined front door to a silvered engraved dial signed Mattw Dutton London, pierced blued steel hands, calendar aperture, Roman and Arabic chapter ring, strike/silent lever above 60, subsidiary ring in the arch for pendulum regulation, the movement with substantial brass plates and five pillars, twin gut fusees, half deadbeat escapement with spring-suspended pendulum regulated by a cam behind the dial via a cantilever platform above the plates, rack strike on a bell, the backplate with pendulum securing block and further signed Mattw. Dutton London 316
15¼ in. (38.5 cm.) high
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