A WILLIAM AND MARY STYLE EBONISED 'BASKET' TOP BRACKET CLOCK

A WILLIAM AND MARY STYLE EBONISED 'BASKET' TOP BRACKET CLOCK

19TH CENTURY

the brass, twin fusee movement with an anchor escapement on a brass dial with a six and a quarter inch silvered chapter ring with black Roman hour numerals inside Arabic minute numerals and winged cherub spandrels, the case with a pierced gilt metal 'basket' decorated with swags, fruit and scrolls and a swing handle, the front and sides with applied pierced gilt panels, on a stepped base and feet, with keys and pendulum

38.5cm high with handle up, 26cm wide, 17cm deep

Provenance

Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942)

Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009)

The Trustees of Exbury House