BRACKET CLOCK, SIGN. JOHN DRURY, LONDON 1740 - RARE!!!!

BRACKET CLOCK, ENGLAND ca. 1740
signed JOHN DRURY, LONDON

This is a very interesting elegant early BRACKET CLOCK, signed in the front
JOHN DRURY, LONDON
in a very fine excellent quality. Mahagony veneered bell top case with wooden
frets to the side apertures. Carrying brass handle on top. Brass frets around the
lock.
The brass dial has above in the arch one small dial for strike /silent and one for
fast/ slow for pendulum adjustment with a well matted centre. The silvered main
chapterring with Roman numerals and Arabic outer numerals has also a nice
matted centre and beautifully engraved brass frets in the four courners. There is
a date aperture above 6 o`clock, also fine engraved hands in steel.
The eight day bell striking movement has a fantastic engraved backplate. It has
five knopped pillars, verge escapement. It strikes the hours on the bell.
Height to base of handle 45 cm
Width 27 cm
This type of clocks is shown in a lot of books about clocks, for excample:
"Watchmakers & clockmakers of the world", Baillie London
"Schoene Uhren", Maurice
"Bracket Clock, Clocks and Watches", Encyclopedia of Antiques
"Time and Timekeepers", Milham, Willis, New York
"Alte Uhren", Mühe & Vogel