James Stratton
Director
Lot 96
A fine and rare late 18th century satinwood bracket clock with original wall bracket Grant, Fleet Street, London, Number 321
22 June 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £10,200 inc. premium
Looking for a similar item?
Our Clocks specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.
Find your local specialistAsk about this lot
A fine and rare late 18th century satinwood bracket clock with original wall bracket
Grant, Fleet Street, London, Number 321
The tall arched case surmounted by an urn finial on a caddy over reeded scroll supports with foliate boss terminals, the front with recessed shaped panel, the rear solid door with silk-backed circular sound fret, on a bow fronted plinth, on the matching wall bracket with single shaped support, the signed white enamel Roman dial with dotted minute track and matching hands, the twin chain fusee movement with thick plates united by five heavy knopped pillars, with anchor escapement and rack strike on a bell mounted below the plates, the hammer activated by a brass linkage mounted on the signed and numbered backplate The clock case 34cms (13.5ins), the bracket a further 17cms (6.75ins) high. Total height 51cms (20ins) high.
The tall arched case surmounted by an urn finial on a caddy over reeded scroll supports with foliate boss terminals, the front with recessed shaped panel, the rear solid door with silk-backed circular sound fret, on a bow fronted plinth, on the matching wall bracket with single shaped support, the signed white enamel Roman dial with dotted minute track and matching hands, the twin chain fusee movement with thick plates united by five heavy knopped pillars, with anchor escapement and rack strike on a bell mounted below the plates, the hammer activated by a brass linkage mounted on the signed and numbered backplate The clock case 34cms (13.5ins), the bracket a further 17cms (6.75ins) high. Total height 51cms (20ins) high.
Footnotes
John Grant of Fleet Street was active from 1781 and died in 1810. A similar satinwood clock with enamel dial but no wall bracket is illustrated in Barder, R.C.R. (1993) The Georgian Bracket clocks 1714 – 1830. Suffolk: The Antique Collectors' Club, plate VI/17.
Additional information
Bid now on these items
