English ebonised and ormolu mounted double fusee verge basket top bracket clock, the 7 square brass


English ebonised and ormolu mounted double fusee verge basket top bracket clock, the 7" square brass dial signed M.Crockford, London on the silver chapter ring at six o'clock, enclosing a matted centre with false pendulum bob and calendar apertures, the five pillar with movement with pull repeat striking the hours on a large bell and the quarters on to smaller bells, the finely foliate engraved back plate also signed Matt Crockford, London, within a stepped case surmounted by a two tier basket top pierced with cherubs and foliage, also with eight turned brass finials and an ornate carrying handle, 19.25" high (pendulum and key) * The movement has been overhauled but the quarter striking is blocked.  It has also been converted back to verge. ** The maker Matt Crockford of London is recorded as working between 1693 and 1718


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