Small George III mahogany-cased triple pad twin fusee bracket clock, John Johnson, London, circa 1780, 7-inch break-arched dial having a silver chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic minutes framing a matted centre with mock pendulum aperture over silver axe-head signature cartouche and calendar square, within scroll spandrels, the arch with silvered Strike / Silent ring, the gut-driven knopped five-pillar movement with verge and crownwheel escapement and finely engraved signed backplate, in break-arched case, 34cm high excluding leaf-capped lacquered brass carry handle, sold with crank winder, two keys and verge-type pendulum
A John Johnson is listed, in Britten's Old Clocks and Watches. London, 1989, p. 502, as operating between 1770 and 1799 in Gray's Inn Passage.
Sold for £5,000
Small George III mahogany-cased triple pad twin fusee bracket clock, John Johnson, London, circa 1780, 7-inch break-arched dial having a silver chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic minutes framing a matted centre with mock pendulum aperture over silver axe-head signature cartouche and calendar square, within scroll spandrels, the arch with silvered Strike / Silent ring, the gut-driven knopped five-pillar movement with verge and crownwheel escapement and finely engraved signed backplate, in break-arched case, 34cm high excluding leaf-capped lacquered brass carry handle, sold with crank winder, two keys and verge-type pendulum
A John Johnson is listed, in Britten's Old Clocks and Watches. London, 1989, p. 502, as operating between 1770 and 1799 in Gray's Inn Passage.
Auction: Quarterly Specialist Sale, 10th Mar, 2022
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