A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK

A GEORGE III MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK

BY GEORGE MARGETTES, LONDON, LATE 18TH CENTURY

the brass eight day movement with five turned pillars and an anchor escapement striking on a bell, the painted 12 inch arched dial with Roman numerals and a strike/silent dial signed 'Margettes, Cheapside, London', in a flame figured case

227.5cm high

Provenance

The contents of The Grange, Wendover.

Catalogue Note

George Margetts (1748-1804) was born in Woodstock, Oxfordshire, the son of John Margetts, a wheel-wright, He appears to have been apprenticed to an Oxfordshire clockmaker before moving to London. He became free of the Clockmakers Company in October 1779.