Ralph Banks, Plymouth Dock, a mahogany Regency triple pad-to...

Hammer

£750

Ralph Banks, Plymouth Dock, a mahogany Regency triple pad-top bracket clock having an eight-day duration, five-pillar double fusee movement with anchor escapement striking the hours on a bell with pull hour repeat, with the eight-inch painted convex dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel running loops hands and indistinctly signed R. Banks, Plymouth Dock, the mahogany case with brass-bound triple-pad to the top, brass fishscale frets to the sides and below the dial, brass ball feet and surmounted by a cast-brass handle, height 42cm, handle down. Note: Ralph Banks is recorded as working in Catherine Street, Plymouth Dock, Devon from at least December 1782 when he married Rebecca Palmer Collings at Stoke Damarel church. He 'bought-in' many of his good quality clocks and watches, mainly from London with his suppliers including John Thwaites. A silver watch signed for Banks was reported lost in January 1795. By 1812 the business was recorded under the name Rebecca Banks with the address given as Fore Street, Dock. Reference: Clive N. Ponsford Devon Clocks & Clockmakers Pub: David & Charles 1985.