A WILLIAM IV/EARLY VICTORIAN PATINATED BRONZE GOTHIC REVIVAL BRACKET CLOCK
A WILLIAM IV/EARLY VICTORIAN PATINATED BRONZE GOTHIC REVIVAL BRACKET CLOCK
CHARLES STRANGE, HIGH WYCOMBE, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY
The five pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with shouldered plates and anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum, the 6 inch circular convex silvered brass Roman numeral dial signed Cha's Strange, High Wycombe to centre and with steel moon hands set behind hinged convex glazed cast brass bezel, the case with generous stylised foliate cast finial to the apex of the ogee Gothic-arch front panel incorporating further foliate trails to shoulders and with a medieval style female mask opposing a companion male mask flanking the dial, the apron panel cast as an elaborate Gothic archway with pierced tracery quadrants and rosette pendants fronting a blind ground, the angles cast with buttresses capped with spire finials and the sides with further ogee arch panels incorporating rose tracery over cluster column arcade between further buttress uprights, the rear with gable-shaped grille-inset door, on skirt base with generous leaf cast scroll feet.
51cm (20ins) high, 34.5cm (13.5ins) wide, 23cm (9ins) deep.
Charles strange is recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as working in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 1829-76.
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A WILLIAM IV/EARLY VICTORIAN PATINATED BRONZE GOTHIC REVIVAL BRACKET CLOCK
CHARLES STRANGE, HIGH WYCOMBE, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY
The five pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with shouldered plates and anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum, the 6 inch circular convex silvered brass Roman numeral dial signed Cha's Strange, High Wycombe to centre and with steel moon hands set behind hinged convex glazed cast brass bezel, the case with generous stylised foliate cast finial to the apex of the ogee Gothic-arch front panel incorporating further foliate trails to shoulders and with a medieval style female mask opposing a companion male mask flanking the dial, the apron panel cast as an elaborate Gothic archway with pierced tracery quadrants and rosette pendants fronting a blind ground, the angles cast with buttresses capped with spire finials and the sides with further ogee arch panels incorporating rose tracery over cluster column arcade between further buttress uprights, the rear with gable-shaped grille-inset door, on skirt base with generous leaf cast scroll feet.
51cm (20ins) high, 34.5cm (13.5ins) wide, 23cm (9ins) deep.
Charles strange is recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as working in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire 1829-76.
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