AN EBONISED BRACKET CLOCK

AN EBONISED BRACKET CLOCK

BY NATHANIEL SEDDON, EARLY 18TH CENTURY AND LATER

the brass eight day movement with an anchor escapement, striking on a bell, the backplate engraved with scrolls and a basket of fruit, the arched dial with a silvered chapter ring, with Roman and Arabic numerals, with pierced handles, signed 'Nathan Seddon at St. James's', the moulded case with brass and fretwork panelled sides

39.8cm high, 25.8cm wide

Catalogue Note

Nathaniel Seddon was sworn into the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers as a free Brother in 1691-92. He is known to have worked until c.1739.