Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 22nd September 2021
Lot 334
A GEORGE III EBONISED FRUITWOOD AND BRASS SEDAN CLOCK
Estimate £500 - £700 | Hammer £420
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Description
A GEORGE III EBONISED FRUITWOOD AND BRASS SEDAN CLOCK
BY WILLIAM HARRISON, LONDON
the brass watch movement with a three arm balance and a finely engraved and pierced cock, signed 'WM Harrison London N.968', with a circular Battersea or Bilston enamel dial, with Arabic numerals and painted with Masonic symbols, with brass hands
9.7cm diameter
Catalogue Note
William Harrison (1728-1815) was an English instrument and watch maker, the son of John Harrison, the inventor of the marine chronometer.