A GEORGE III MUSICAL BRACKET CLOCK

A GEORGE III MUSICAL BRACKET CLOCK

BY NATHANIEL BARNES, LONDON, c.1770-80

the brass eight day twin fusee movement with a crown escapement and five knopped pillars, chiming on a nest of eight bells with twin hammers to each bell and striking on a ninth, the backplate engraved with flowering foliage and a basket of flowers, with a bob pendulum, the gilt dial with a silvered chapter ring, black Roman hours and Arabic minutes and date aperture beneath an arch with strike/silent and tune selection dials flanking the inscription 'Nathl. Barnes / London' and with scrolling spandrels, the mahogany case with a brass handle and a caddy top, with an arched front door and side panes, with keys and pendulum

48cm high