A GEORGE III WOODEN-DIALLED FUSEE WALL DIAL TIMEPIECE

A GEORGE III WOODEN-DIALLED FUSEE WALL DIAL TIMEPIECE

BY THOMPSON, WOODBRIDGE, C.1800

the four pillar single fusee movement with tapered plates and anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum, the 12 inch circular convex cream painted wooden dial with Roman numerals and signed 'THOMPSON, WOODBRIDGE' to the centre and with blued steel spade hands, set behind heavy hinged cast brass cavetto moulded convex-glazed bezel, the rear of the case inscribed in ink 'Lord Cambridge, Bergh Apton'

36cm diameter, 19cm deep.

Provenance

The inscription to the rear of the case suggests that the present timepiece was once the property of Lord Canterbury and was probably housed in a property at Bergh Apton, Norfolk. This would seem to most likely fit the profile of Charles Manners-Sutton who was consecrated as Bishop of Norwich before serving as Lord Archbishop of Canterbury from 1805 until his death in 1828.

Catalogue Note

A Philip Thompson is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in Woodbridge, Suffolk in around 1815.