Y AN EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD SMALL GOTHIC BRACKET TIMEPIECE WITH WALL BRACKET

Y AN EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD SMALL GOTHIC BRACKET TIMEPIECE WITH WALL BRACKETCummins, London, circa 1840The four pillar single chain fusee movement with anchor escapement regulated by disc bob pendulum, the 4 inch stepped ogee gothic arch shaped single sheet silvered brass Roman numeral dial signed Cummins, 148 Leadenhall Street, London to lower margin and with pierced blued steel hands, the gabled case with wavy crest and obelisk spire finials over cavetto cornice and hinged glazed front door, the sides with rectangular windows and the rear with triangular-topped glazed door set within the frame of the case, on stepped ogee moulded skirt base with fluted band to upper margin and compressed bun feet, the wall bracket with rectangular table over single carved C-scroll support and inverted lancet-shaped backboard.The clock 31cm (12.25ins) high 18cm (7ins) wide, 12.5cm (5ins) wide; the clock on wall bracket 52cm (20.5ins) high overall. Two early 19th century clockmakers with the surname Cummins are recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 - Thomas 1806-32 and Charles 1837-51.