Bracket Clock: M/F.6-1931

Titles

Bracket Clock

Maker(s)

Clockmaker: Cox, Jason

Entities

• Bracket clock

Categories

• Clocks

Description

Bracket clock with 8 day movement and rack striking.

Dial: Break arch brass dial plate, 6 inches wide with matted centre and rare cornucopia spandrels (C & W No.29). Silvered chapter ring without quarter hour divisions and in the arch two silvered rings, one for pendulum rise and fall adjustment, the other for Strike/Silent. Between the rings a shaped silvered plaque engraved ‘Jason Cox Long Acre LONDON'. The rest of the arch filled with formalised engraving. Nicely cut and blued steel hands.

Movement: 8 day movement, rack striking with quarter repeating on two bells and original verge escape¬ment. Back plate plain except for signature `Jason Cox Long Acre London', thus suggesting that it was designed to be hidden by a silk-backed fret in the back door.

Case: Inverted bell-topped case, ebonised. Spandrels of front door and side openings blocked with ebonised panels. These and the back door opening would have had silk-backed wooden frets originally. No metal mounts except a brass carrying handle.

Notes

History note: Unknown before donor

Legal notes

Given by Countess Evelyn Martinengo-Cesaresco

Place(s) associated

• London ⪼ England

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1931-10-04) by Martinengo-Cesaresco, Countess Evelyn

Dating

18th Century, Mid
George II
Production date: circa AD 1750