English bracket clocks
A George III mahogany bracket timepiece with alarm
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A George III mahogany bracket timepiece with alarm
with fielded brass pad and handle to the break arch top, arched fish scale sound frets to the sides, on brass bracket feet, the silvered single plate silvered dial with engraved chapter ring and alarm ring in the arch, signed JOHN WALL SHEERNESS, the single fusee movement with verge escapement, pull wind alarm, the backplate elaborately engraved with foliate scrolls around a fruiting basket -- 13½in. (34.5cm.) high
See Front Cover Illustration
with fielded brass pad and handle to the break arch top, arched fish scale sound frets to the sides, on brass bracket feet, the silvered single plate silvered dial with engraved chapter ring and alarm ring in the arch, signed JOHN WALL SHEERNESS, the single fusee movement with verge escapement, pull wind alarm, the backplate elaborately engraved with foliate scrolls around a fruiting basket -- 13½in. (34.5cm.) high
See Front Cover Illustration