A LATE 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY FUSEE TABLE / BRACKET CLOCK SIGNED WEBSTER, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, NO. 18689, of George III style, the case with brass handle over inverted bell top flanked by four finials, the sides with engraved, gilt brass pierced frets, the front canted angles with fluted decoration, raised on a plinth base with four brass bracket feet, the break-arch front door with gilt pierced quadrants, the shaped brass dial with foliate spandrels, silvered Roman dial with subsidiary strike / silent above, and gilt matted centre, the twin fusee movement with anchor escapement striking on a blued steel, coiled gong, with pendulum,

41cm high handle up

Property from an English Private Collection. Purchased from 'The Clock Shop', Weybridge, Surrey, 11 July 1998.

The Webster family of clockmakers were in business from 1711, continuing for nearly two hundred years. This clock can be dated from between 1872 when Richard Webster moved the business from Cornhill to Queen Victoria Street and 1902 when his son eventually moved the firm to Gracechuch Street in 1902.

Condition:

Case - excellent condition. Case key present.

Dial - excellent condition.

Movement - ticking and striking when the hands are turned, not fully tested for timekeeping or guaranteed.

Pendulum is present.

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