$10,455
Benjamin Barber Musical Bracket Clock, London, c. 1770, mahogany case with cast brass finials, side carrying handles, fabric-backed pierced brass sound frets, and scroll feet, brass dial with applied silvered roman numeral chapter ring, engraved center, subsidiary dials for chime/not chime, and musical selection a Song/a Dance and maker's boss recessed in the arch signed Benj. Barber/London , eight-day, fusee, time, strike and musical movement on a nest of eight bells playing hourly and on command with fully engraved back plate and verge escapement, ht. 24 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2017-04-28