Sold for:
$1,968
$1,968
William Johnson Ebonized Bracket Clock, London, c. 1780, dome-top case with brass bail carrying handle and beading above the hinged glazed door with brass trim, Roman numeral sheet brass dial with engraved floral spandrels, pierced iron hands, Chime/Silent in the arch, and reading William Johnson London , resting on a brass bracket foot base, engraved backplate with central engraved maker's cartouche WJ , and similar floral decoration as the front dial, eight-day time and strike five-pillar, fusee movement, with crown wheel verge escapement, regulated by a pear-shaped pendulum, ht. with handle extended 17 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2015-10-31
