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A Good And Slightly Smaller, Quarter Repeating, Verge Escapement Bracket Clock By Andrew Marchant Of London. circa 1745.

£5,250    $6,651    €6,335
A good example of an inverted bell top, ebonised table clock.
 
The eight day duration, five pillar, double fusee movement with attached pendulum verge escapement and rack and star wheel striking the hours on a large top-mounted bell. Also having strike/silent, pull hour and quarter repeating on a nest of a further 6 bells and calendar datework. The substantial backplate, backcock, apron and quarter pull wheel are all profusely engraved with early floral Rococo design and a lined border. The peardrop pendulum transit hook is also particularly beautifully made. The movement is held in place with 2 base bolts.
 
Behind a small 5 7/8'' wide, brass break-arch dial with early Rococo style cast brass corner and arch spandrels, finely matted chapter centres to the silvered strike/silent chapter ring in the arch and the main silvered chapter ring with large outer, Arabic fives, minute track and inner Roman hour numerals. The lower dial centre having a nicely executed, curved and silvered maker''s name plate bearing ''An.d(rew) Marchant'' (of) ''London'' in fine, script. Below this is a square and chamfered calendar date aperture. Above the centre is a curved and chamfered ''false pendulum'' aperture with a silvered backplate, the circular bob is engraved with a rose design. The blued steel hands are finely pierced with a ''poker'' selector hand to the arch for the strike/silent.
 
In an ebonised fruitwood veneered oak case with an inverted bell top on which is mounted a cast brass, swinging carrying handle. The return-moulded top sits over the full-sized locking front door that has quadrant sound frets to the upper arch sides. The side apertures retain their original, tall, inverted-arched, cast brass ''fish scale'' sound frets that sit below round frets and are backed with red cloth. The rear of the case has a rectangular and glazed locking door. The short plinth has all-round concave top moulding and short block feet to the corners. The repeat pull exit...
Antique #SA1087934, shown on this page, originates from the 18th century. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was made:
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