Lewis Walduck
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Lot 140
An interesting mid 18th century striking table clock Benjamin Brandreth, Middlewich
2 July 2025, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,280 inc. premium
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An interesting mid 18th century striking table clock
Benjamin Brandreth, Middlewich
The case surmounted by a brass knopped carrying handle over an inverted bell top and deeply moulded cornice, the sides with small arched panels (now filled), the front door, dial mask and rear door are later replacements, on a deeply moulded base and bracket feet. The 6-inch gilt brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring and elaborate fleur de lyse half-hour markers, flanked by cast spandrels and framed by a wheatear-engraved border. The centre with matted ground surrounded by burnished floral engraving, date aperture, and blued steel hands. Signed Brandreth Middlewich between V and VII. The arch with a moonphase dial with lunar age indication. The twin fusee movement united by four knopped and engraved pillars, with verge escapement, finely decorated crown wheel potences, and short bob pendulum behind a finely shaped engraved apron in the form of a love heart, inscribed JB & IP — almost certainly a marriage gift. The hour strike train sounding on a bell mounted above the movement. The backplate engraved with scrolling foliage and signed Benjamin Brandreth, Middlewich to the lower section. The case associated to the movement and dial.
Ticking and striking. 53cms (21ins) High.
The case surmounted by a brass knopped carrying handle over an inverted bell top and deeply moulded cornice, the sides with small arched panels (now filled), the front door, dial mask and rear door are later replacements, on a deeply moulded base and bracket feet. The 6-inch gilt brass dial with silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring and elaborate fleur de lyse half-hour markers, flanked by cast spandrels and framed by a wheatear-engraved border. The centre with matted ground surrounded by burnished floral engraving, date aperture, and blued steel hands. Signed Brandreth Middlewich between V and VII. The arch with a moonphase dial with lunar age indication. The twin fusee movement united by four knopped and engraved pillars, with verge escapement, finely decorated crown wheel potences, and short bob pendulum behind a finely shaped engraved apron in the form of a love heart, inscribed JB & IP — almost certainly a marriage gift. The hour strike train sounding on a bell mounted above the movement. The backplate engraved with scrolling foliage and signed Benjamin Brandreth, Middlewich to the lower section. The case associated to the movement and dial.
Ticking and striking. 53cms (21ins) High.
Footnotes
Benjamin Brandreth was a English clockmaker who died in 1742. Active during the early 18th century, little detailed biographical information survives today.
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