Furniture, Works of Art, Clocks, Pocket Watches & Scientific Instruments - 26th March 2013

Lot 93

A George III mahogany striking bracket clock

Estimate £2,000 - £2,500 | Hammer £1200

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Description

A George III mahogany striking bracket clock, the 7 inch white painted dial signed Allison, Sunderland; subsidiary calendar dial, the arch containing twin subsidiaries for Strike/Silent and rise & fall; anchor escapement in plain rectangular plates in a break arch case surmounted by carrying handle, on splayed fluted feet, circa 1790, 16½in (42cm) high.

Gilbert Allison, ca. 1770 died 1810.