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An interesting late 18th century Scottish ebonised table clock with pin pallet escapement John Gartly, Aberdeen
8 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,800 - £2,500
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An interesting late 18th century Scottish ebonised table clock with pin pallet escapement
John Gartly, Aberdeen
the arched case surmounted by a single handle over a moulded cornice and fish scale frets to the side on a moulded plinth and ogee brass feet, the seven inch arched brass dial with strike/silent subsidiary set over the Roman and Arabic chapter ring and silvered centre with bold signature, the five-pillar twin gut (now wire) fusee movement with pin pallet escapement on a knife-edge, with rack strike on a bell, 42cms (16.5ins) high
the arched case surmounted by a single handle over a moulded cornice and fish scale frets to the side on a moulded plinth and ogee brass feet, the seven inch arched brass dial with strike/silent subsidiary set over the Roman and Arabic chapter ring and silvered centre with bold signature, the five-pillar twin gut (now wire) fusee movement with pin pallet escapement on a knife-edge, with rack strike on a bell, 42cms (16.5ins) high
Footnotes
John Gartly is recorded as working in Aberdeen in 1799, see Smith 'Old Scottish Clockmakers from 1453 to 1850, EP Publishing, 1975.