Fine Furniture & Collections - 7th October 2026
Lot 52
A FINE GEORGE III MAHOGANY FUSEE WALL DIAL TIMEPIECE
Estimate £1,500 - £2,500
Inc. Buyers Premium
Description
A FINE GEORGE III MAHOGANY FUSEE WALL DIAL TIMEPIECE
BY JOHN WIGHTWICK, LONDON, C. 1790
the brass four knopped pillar single fusee movement with plates measuring 8.5 by 3.5 inches and an anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum, the 13 inch circular engraved silvered brass dial with Roman numerals and signed 'J no Wightwick, London' to the centre and with Arabic five minutes, with pierced blued steel spade hands set behind a generous hinged glazed cast brass ogee moulded bezel applied within slender ogee moulded wooden surround
42cm diameter, 16.5cm deep
Catalogue Note
John Wightwick is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as first recorded in 1775 and working in London 1781-1805; he entered into the Partnership of Wightwick and Moss in 1788.