DESCRIPTION:
Samuel Norton, Fish Street Hill, London (listed simply as "pre-1773"), 8-day double-fusee bracket clock, bell top mahogany case with figured veneers and brass handle, bracket feet. The signed brass and silvered dial has strike/silent switch in arch, case spandrels, date aperture, blued steel hands, striking hours on bell, verge escapement, floral engraved back-plate, clock and original bracket measure 29 inches together by 12 inches at bracket top, clock alone 20 inches, ca 1770.
CONDITION:
Running, good catgut fusee cords, beautifully restored mvt and dial, case with many cracks in wood as shown.
ESTIMATE:
$2000
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$4000
PRICE SOLD:
$3200
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