Furniture, Works of Art, Clocks, Pocket Watches & Scientific Instruments - 26th March 2013
Lot 119
A striking balloon bracket clock
Estimate £2,000 - £3,000 | Hammer £2600
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Description
A striking balloon bracket clock, the 7 inch white enamel dial signed Johnson, Gray's Inn Passage, two-train fusee movement in plates with canted corners, Strike/Not lever on the backplate, long pendulum with hold fast, in a waisted case with mask and sunray applique beneath the dial, keyhole pattern back door (fretwork lacking), flanked by drop handles, on ogee feet with pineapple finial, circa 1770, 1ft 8½in (52cm) high.
Thomas Johnson, Gray's Inn Passage, London, died 1775.