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Lot 54
Sale 6013 - English Furniture & Decorative Arts
May 4, 2010
6:00AM ET
null / Philadelphia
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Estimate
$6,000 -
8,000
Price Realized
$7,500
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
Fine late George III gilt metal mounted mahogany bracket clock john brockbank, london, circa 1775
The rectangular molded dome pediment surmounted with a brass loop handle and four flame finials, above an arched glazed door enclosing a silvered and brass Roman and Arabic numeral dial with subsidiary Silent/Strike dial and date aperture and two winding holes, pierced gilt metal spandrels, the sides with pierced metal grilles and figural corner mounts, the rear with a glazed door revealing incised gilt metal plate, all raised on a molded base with gilt metal ogee bracket feet.
Note:
For another Brockbank clock but with an ebonized case, see Sotheby's, London, May 17, 2005, Lot 15.