A GEORGE III FIGURED MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK BY ROBERT PHILP ...

Hammer

£1,500

A GEORGE III FIGURED MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK BY ROBERT PHILP

the 21cm cream enamelled dial with Roman numerals, the eight day two train movement, striking on a bell, with finely engraved backplate, contained in brass mounted arched top case, with grilles to front and sides, on ogee bracket feet, 43cm high x 30cm wide x 20cm deep

Note: Robert Philp is recorded working at 6 New Court, St John Street, Clerkenwell between 1777 and 1811, noted for musical clocks, watches and astronomical clocks, including one exhibited in the Peiping Museum, China.