A LATE 18TH CENTURY EBONISED BRACKET CLOCK BY WILLIAM WRIGHT...

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£2,500

A LATE 18TH CENTURY EBONISED BRACKET CLOCK BY WILLIAM WRIGHT, SOUTHWARK, with twin fusee movement and verge escapement, quarterly strikes on six bells, hourly strike on large bell, the six pillar movement finely engraved to rear and with false pendulum, the brass arched top dial plate having silvered chapter ring with matted inner and a silvered date ring, silent / strike lever above 12 numeral and repeat pull strike cord, case of polished ebonised wood with side and rear glass panels and gilded brass frames, H 51 cm

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Ebonsied cased and gilded decorations appear to have been cleaned and restored. Movement very clean. Gong train ticks on winding. Striking train strikes on the hourly bell. Quarter strike works on the repeat pull cord but not via the minute hand