Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 30th March 2022
Lot 185
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AUTOMATON BRACKET CLOCK
Estimate £3,000 - £5,000 | Hammer £4000
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Description
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AUTOMATON BRACKET CLOCK
BY FRANCIS DORRELL LONDON, C.1760-70
the brass eight day movement with a pull-repeat and a verge escapement striking on a bell, the backplate finely engraved with Rococo motifs, including: a ho-ho bird, a basket of flowers, scrolls and a pagoda, the seven inch arched dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, the matted centre with a date aperture and signature panel, inscribed 'Francis Dorrell, London', the arch with a painted village scene with a pond and figures, one baiting a goose with a stick, the moulded case with fretwork panels, the pagoda top with a brass handle
48.7cm high, 29cm wide, 18.7cm deep
Catalogue Note
Francis Dorrell worked in Whitecross Street, he was apprenticed in 1731 and was free of the Clockmakers' Company 1755-1780.