J.C. Jennens, & Son, London a mahogany chiming bracket clock...

Hammer

£1,000

J.C. Jennens, & Son, London a mahogany chiming bracket clock the eight-day duration, triple-fusee movement with anchor escapement and chiming the quarters on a nest of eight bells and striking the hour on a further bell, the backplate fully engraved with foliate decoration, the eight-inch brass break-arch dial having a raised silvered chapter ring engraved with black Roman numerals, the matted centre with date aperture, 'false-pendulum' aperture and inset silvered strip engraved with the makers name J.C. Jennens & Son, London, with cast-brass c-scroll spandrels, the arch with a dial for Strike/Silent, the mahogany case with inset brass fretwork and with a caddy top surmounted by a brass handle, standing on brass bracket feet, height 58cm including handle. Notes: John Creed Jennens is recorded as working in Birmingham in the early-to-mid 19th century before moving to Clerkenwell, London where he died in 1883 whilst working in partnership with his son John Sydney Jennens who succeeded him.