JONATHAN HOCKER, READING. A RARE QUEEN ANNE WALNUT AND ARABESQUE MARQUETRY EIGHT-DAY VERGE BRACKET CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT

JONATHAN HOCKER, READING. A RARE QUEEN ANNE WALNUT AND ARABESQUE MARQUETRY EIGHT-DAY VERGE BRACKET CLOCK WITH PULL QUARTER REPEAT the eight inch square brass dial with wheatear border, gilt cherub's head spandrels and silvered Roman chapter ring with Arabic minute markings enclosing a matted centre with cut engraved date aperture and dished mock pendulum, the border with a strike/not strike lever fronting a substantial eight day fusee movement with six substantial ringed baluster pillars uniting the rectangular plates. Verge escapement with fine shaped and fret-cut engraved brass pendulum cock, hour strike on a single bell and pull quarter repeat on a series of six bells - the signed backplate with fine scroll leaf engraved all over decoration within a herring banded border. The rounded caddy top case with elaborate cast gilt brass folding handle above a cross grain veneered border and matching plinth base raised on leafcast shallow brass bun feet, with partly fret-cut and long glazed side panels.

38.5cm high handle down