Late Victorian oak cased bracket clock with triple fusee movement
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
late Victorian
This late Victorian bracket clock is constructed from oak and features an elaborate case design. The clock sits on a breakfront base with bracket feet and is accompanied by a later made single-door pedestal.
The case is heavily decorated with relief carvings, including a mask and foliate scrolls on the top, lions' masks, and herm columns. The sides are further embellished with carved and pierced mask and scroll fret panels. The clock features a brass arched dial equipped with a silvered chapter ring displaying Roman hour numerals and a matt center. The dial is framed by cast and pierced gilt scroll spandrels and includes three subsidiary dials for chime/silent, slow/fast, and chime selection functions.
The clock is powered by an eight-day triple fusee movement designed to chime the quarters on four gongs and eight bells, while striking the hours on a large gong. It is supplied with a pendulum and keys. The clock measures approximately 67cm high by 29.5cm wide and 42cm deep, with the pedestal measuring 106cm high.
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- oak
- Dimensions clock
- 67cm H x 29.5cm W x 42cm D
- Dimensions pedestal
- 106cm H x 48cm W x 33cm D
Technical characteristics
- Chime
- quarters on four gongs and eight bells
- Dials
- chime/silent, slow/fast, chime selection
- Strike
- hours on a large gong
- Movement
- eight day triple fusee
Design
- Dial
- brass arched with silvered chapter ring
- Numerals
- Roman
- Decorations
- cast and pierced gilt scroll spandrels, mask and foliate scroll carvings, lions masks, herm columns
Identification
- Source note
- Described from a single auction-house listing published on Invaluable (reproduced with Invaluable's permission). Details apply to that one example; other examples of the type may differ, and the listing is supplementary evidence, not authentication.
Catalogue references
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