Furniture, Works of Art, Clocks, Pocket Watches & Scientific Instruments - 26th March 2013
Lot 108
An unusual English Regency quarter striking bracket clock of small size
Estimate £1,500 - £2,000 | Hammer £3800
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Description
An unusual English Regency quarter striking bracket clock of small size, 5 inch convex white enamel dial, Brequet style moon hands, stamped on the front plate Holmden, London, no. 150; similarly signed and numbered on the base of the backplate, anchor escapement, quarter striking on 2 bells, the 5 pillar movement in shaped plates with engraved borders, in a brass inlaid ebony veneered shallow arched case with caddy top and acorn finial, circa 1815, 1ft 3in (38cm) high.
John George Holmden: apprenticed 1781, Free of the Clockmakers Company 1788 and Liveryman from 1807 - 1840.