Fine English Regency ebonised twin fusee bracket clock with ...
Hammer
£1,500
Fine English Regency ebonised twin fusee bracket clock with pull repeat by Henry Favre, London, signed silvered 7" square dial, with strike/silent lever, Roman numeral dial, with outer Arabic numeral track, blued steel hands and calendar aperture, the movement with an engraved back plate, verge escapement rack striking the hours on a bell, with locking pendulum bob, within a bell top glazed case with applied gilt metal mounts, circular dial aperture, gilt metal bracket feet and surmounted with a brass swing carry-handle, 18" with the handle raised (with winding key and two case keys)
** Henry Favre was watchmaker to the Prince Regent and the Duke of York and was known to work between 1800 and 1818 at 27 Pall Mall, London
** Private provenance purchased from Dreweatt Neate in November 1993, ex lot 304
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Private Provenance purchased from Dreweatt Neate in November 1993, ex lot 304.
Presented in good condition and working order, regularly serviced and maintained. Hands possibly later and dial is possibly re-silvered, the case with typical historic surface marks and some minor splits - see all images for guidance. The last service was undertaken in September 2020.
Dimensions:
27cm wide at top
27.5cm at base
16cm deep at top
Dial approximately 17.6cm square.
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£1,500
Fine English Regency ebonised twin fusee bracket clock with pull repeat by Henry Favre, London, signed silvered 7" square dial, with strike/silent lever, Roman numeral dial, with outer Arabic numeral track, blued steel hands and calendar aperture, the movement with an engraved back plate, verge escapement rack striking the hours on a bell, with locking pendulum bob, within a bell top glazed case with applied gilt metal mounts, circular dial aperture, gilt metal bracket feet and surmounted with a brass swing carry-handle, 18" with the handle raised (with winding key and two case keys)
** Henry Favre was watchmaker to the Prince Regent and the Duke of York and was known to work between 1800 and 1818 at 27 Pall Mall, London
** Private provenance purchased from Dreweatt Neate in November 1993, ex lot 304
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Private Provenance purchased from Dreweatt Neate in November 1993, ex lot 304.
Presented in good condition and working order, regularly serviced and maintained. Hands possibly later and dial is possibly re-silvered, the case with typical historic surface marks and some minor splits - see all images for guidance. The last service was undertaken in September 2020.
Dimensions:
27cm wide at top
27.5cm at base
16cm deep at top
Dial approximately 17.6cm square.