A good early 19th century brass inlaid mahogany-cased eight-...

Hammer

£750

A good early 19th century brass inlaid mahogany-cased eight-day bracket clock; the figured domed top above an eight-inch cream dial with Roman numerals and signed 'P. Lacey - Bristol', flanked by two ring carrying handles above arched gilt-metal fish-scale-style sound apertures, the fine gilded twin fusee movement striking on a bell and with dogtooth and foliate engraving, with original pendulum, raised on four gilt metal ball-style feet, the front two feet with moulded decoration (42cm high x 30cm wide including handles x 17cm deep including convex glass)

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This comes with an insurance valuation from Montpellier Clocks in Cheltenham who original supplied the clock in 2008. They said it was circa 1825 and the valuation then is the same as that paid for it of £5,500. Signed Mr T. Birch. Looking at it from the front there is a very small fingernail sized piece of moulding away, front right where the arch meets the horizontal moulding at the top. Some of the brass stringing is very slightly proud of the mahogany. The dial looks to be in reasonable condition with some very minor pieces of paintwork away. Being super critical there are slight scuffs around the winding holes and again scratches and paintwork away. The mahogany case on top is of a nice figuring and there is a very small historic L shaped crack of about 1cm in between the 12 an 1 o’clock position at the top of the wood but in the Auctioneer’s opinion this does not detract. The sides look quite good and it is noted that looking at the from the left hand side there is a small 6.5cm piece away at the back of the “fish scale” side fret. The arched back door is glazed and there is an approx. 1cm square piece of mahogany away from the escutcheon hole on the left. The lock looks OK an it has a service ticket on it, which appears to be October 2014 by Time In Hand (Shipston) Ltd. This comes with pendulum, keys etc., and the bell is quite large and striking and the gilded twin fusee movement has been nicely engraved.