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Robert Wood, London c1790 | |
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An attractive George III mahogany 8-day bracket clock with 3-pad top, signed on the engraved and silvered dial Robt. Wood London.
The dial has a strike/silent lever in the arch and a date dial above 6 o'clock. All clock hands are of blued steel.
The mahogany case has brass scale pattern frets to the sides, and a brass bound 3-pad top with a decorative brass handle. There is brass edging to the front door, brass framing to the front glass and the clock stands on brass bracket feet.
The case is 16¾ inches high including the handle (14¾ inches without the handle).
Robert Wood is recorded as working in Horse Shoe Alley, Moorfields, London from about 1785 until circa 1810.
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The back of the clock movement is engraved all over with a vase, flowers and foliage.
The clock has a 5-pillar, twin fusee movement with verge escapement and strikes the hours on a bell. The clock has a pull repeat, to sound the last hour on demand. |
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