A FRUITWOOD BRACKET CLOCK

A FRUITWOOD BRACKET CLOCK

18TH CENTURY AND LATER

the brass double fusee five pillar movement with a verge escapement and fully engraved backplate striking both the hours and half hours on a bell, the later 7 inch continental dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic chapter numerals and blued steel hands, with a mock pendulum aperture and a strike/silent function, framed by brass spandrels and engraved Rococo decoration, the inverted bell top surmounted by a brass carrying handle, above four acorn shaped brass finials over a moulded top, the front with cast decorated panels, with glazed sides and back door, upon a moulded base with carved ogee feet

48cm high