A WALNUT MUSICAL BRACKET OR TABLE CLOCK

A WALNUT MUSICAL BRACKET OR TABLE CLOCK

18TH CENTURY AND LATER

the brass eight day triple fusee movement with an anchor escapement chiming on a nest of eight bells and striking on a further single bell, the backplate inscribed 'Jam. Atfield ould Brentford' inside engraved scrolling foliate decoration, the brass dial with a silvered chapter ring with black Roman hours and Arabic five minutes, the silvered centre with scrolling foliate decoration, inside mask spandrels, the case with a caddy top

35.5cm high, 29.1cm wide, 16.8cm deep

Catalogue Note

Britten's 'Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers' lists a James Atfield as working in Brentford in 1712.

Provenance

Purchased from The Estate of John Thursby in 1991.