Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks - 3rd July 2024
Lot 229
A WALNUT MUSICAL BRACKET OR TABLE CLOCK
Estimate £800 - £1,200 | Hammer £1134
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Description
A WALNUT MUSICAL BRACKET OR TABLE CLOCK
18TH CENTURY AND LATER
the brass eight day triple fusee movement with an anchor escapement chiming on a nest of eight bells and striking on a further single bell, the backplate inscribed 'Jam. Atfield ould Brentford' inside engraved scrolling foliate decoration, the brass dial with a silvered chapter ring with black Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, the silvered centre with scrolling foliate decoration, inside mask spandrels, the case with a caddy top
35.5cm high, 29.1cm wide, 16.8cm deep
Catalogue Note
Britten's 'Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers' lists a James Atfield as working in Brentford in 1712.
Provenance
Purchased from The Estate of John Thursby in 1991.