A GEORGE II/III POSTED THIRTY-HOUR WEIGHT-DRIVEN WALL ALARM TIMEPIECE
UNSIGNED, SOUTHERN ENGLAND, MID 18th CENTURY
The posted frame with rectangular section corner uprights rivetted to both the top and bottom plates enclosing three-wheel going train incorporating anchor escapement for regulation by long pendulum swinging behind the frame to the rear, with crown-wheel weight-driven alarm mechanism applied to the inside of brass backplate sounding on bell mounted above the top-plate via a t-shaped vertically pivoted hammer, the rectangular dial with silvered Arabic alarm setting disc to the rococo foliate scroll engraved centre within 5.75 inch applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with diamond lozenge half hour markers, with steel fleur-de-lys hand beneath applied pierced and engraved dolphin fret and a bell surmounted by a brass ball-and-spire finial, mounted on a later mahogany wall bracket with break-arch back panel applied with shaped side brackets supporting a rectangular table over double-scroll outline base.
The clock 24.5cm (9.75ins) high, 14.5cm (5.75ins) wide, 13.5cm (5.25ins) deep including pendulum crutch, the clock on bracket 41cm (16.25ins) high, 18cm (7ins) wide, 14cm (5.5ins) deep.
Although unsigned the style engraving to the centre of the dial would suggest that the present timepiece was made in Southern England during the middle of the 18th century. Indeed, related engraving seen on table clock backplates is described in Dzik, Sunny ENGRAVING ON ENGLISH TABLE CLOCKS, Art on a Canvas of Brass 1660-1800 within the chapter titled Vine Engraving, 1740-1770 (pages 337-357).
Condition Report:
The trains both appear all-original with the only exception being the escape wheel collet suggesting that the wheel has been off its arbor at some time (possibly to make an adjustment for wear?) The pinions show noticeable wear however timepiece is in working order although a precautionary gentle clean/service is advised; the pendulum crutch is probably a replacement. The hand, fret, bell and finial are later replacements; each side of the top plate has two spare threaded holes suggesting that side frets were also fitted. Single pin holes to the centre of both sides of the top and bottom plates also indicate that side panels were also fitted (pinned into place) at some point. The wall bracket has residue form parcel tape (used by a previous removal company) which should be fairly straightforward to remove.
Timepiece has weights for both the strike and alarm trains but no pendulum.
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A GEORGE II/III POSTED THIRTY-HOUR WEIGHT-DRIVEN WALL ALARM TIMEPIECE
UNSIGNED, SOUTHERN ENGLAND, MID 18th CENTURY
The posted frame with rectangular section corner uprights rivetted to both the top and bottom plates enclosing three-wheel going train incorporating anchor escapement for regulation by long pendulum swinging behind the frame to the rear, with crown-wheel weight-driven alarm mechanism applied to the inside of brass backplate sounding on bell mounted above the top-plate via a t-shaped vertically pivoted hammer, the rectangular dial with silvered Arabic alarm setting disc to the rococo foliate scroll engraved centre within 5.75 inch applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with diamond lozenge half hour markers, with steel fleur-de-lys hand beneath applied pierced and engraved dolphin fret and a bell surmounted by a brass ball-and-spire finial, mounted on a later mahogany wall bracket with break-arch back panel applied with shaped side brackets supporting a rectangular table over double-scroll outline base.
The clock 24.5cm (9.75ins) high, 14.5cm (5.75ins) wide, 13.5cm (5.25ins) deep including pendulum crutch, the clock on bracket 41cm (16.25ins) high, 18cm (7ins) wide, 14cm (5.5ins) deep.
Although unsigned the style engraving to the centre of the dial would suggest that the present timepiece was made in Southern England during the middle of the 18th century. Indeed, related engraving seen on table clock backplates is described in Dzik, Sunny ENGRAVING ON ENGLISH TABLE CLOCKS, Art on a Canvas of Brass 1660-1800 within the chapter titled Vine Engraving, 1740-1770 (pages 337-357).
Condition Report:
The trains both appear all-original with the only exception being the escape wheel collet suggesting that the wheel has been off its arbor at some time (possibly to make an adjustment for wear?) The pinions show noticeable wear however timepiece is in working order although a precautionary gentle clean/service is advised; the pendulum crutch is probably a replacement. The hand, fret, bell and finial are later replacements; each side of the top plate has two spare threaded holes suggesting that side frets were also fitted. Single pin holes to the centre of both sides of the top and bottom plates also indicate that side panels were also fitted (pinned into place) at some point. The wall bracket has residue form parcel tape (used by a previous removal company) which should be fairly straightforward to remove.
Timepiece has weights for both the strike and alarm trains but no pendulum.
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