Bracket Clock; England For Persian Market, 18th Century. Ebonized Wood With Gilt Bronze - Mar 02, 2023 | Setdart Auction House In Barcelona
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Bracket Clock; England for persian market, 18th century. Ebonized wood with gilt bronze

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Bracket Clock; England for persian market, 18th century. Ebonized wood with gilt bronze
Bracket Clock; England for persian market, 18th century. Ebonized wood with gilt bronze
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Bracket clock; England for the Persian market, 18th century.
Ebonised wood with gilt-bronze appliques.
Slight flaws and breakage on the back glass.
Needs to be restored.
Provenance: private collection conceived since the 1970s between London and Madrid.
Measurements: 52 x 29 x 18 cm.
English table clock, bracket type with wooden case decorated with gilded bronze applications with foliate and rocaille motifs worked in relief. It has an architectural structure, with the flanks decorated with stipes. The corners and the panels that surround the dial are also made of finely worked bronze with vegetal fretwork in the form of tracery. The dial has Roman numerals (for the hours) and Arabic numerals (for the minutes) engraved in black on silver, with a gilded centre. The stepped, talud-shaped dome is topped with a handle and decorated with bronze appliqués and fruit elements decorating the corners.
Bracket clocks of English origin are notable mainly for their mechanism, but also for their decoration. This type of clock originated in the 1960s, when the pendulum was applied to the clock, replacing the previous "foliot" regulator or balance. This change made it necessary to provide the mechanism with a case to protect it from shocks that could alter its movement. This was the origin of the watches known in England as brackets, i.e. portable watches. These were short cases which housed a mechanism held between two thick plates and contained, as the driving force for each train, a combination of a hub and a snail. These clocks were originally intended to be placed on a bracket, hence their English name. This bracket was a separate piece that was usually made at the same time, with decoration to match the clock. Later, however, the base and clock began to be made separately.
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Bracket Clock; England for persian market, 18th century. Ebonized wood with gilt bronze

Estimate €6,000 - €7,000
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