Bidspirit auction | JOHN COWELL, CORNHILL, LONDON. A


JOHN COWELL, CORNHILL, LONDON. A GEORGE II FIGURED MAHOGANY ORMOLU MOUNTED BRACKET CLOCK, the case with bell top pediment and pineapple finials above a glazed brass moulded door enclosing a 7” arched brass dial with gilt rococo spandrels and silvered chapter ring surrounding a mock pendulum and calendar aperture, the arch with two subsidiary dials for Strike/Silent and Regulation fronting an eight day double fusee movement with rise and fall verge escapement and scroll engraved backplate striking the hours on a bell. (45cm high not including handle.)