Catalogue - Antique Clocks and Barometers

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JOHN ROBERTS, ST. JAMES’S, LONDON
gem like miniature burr walnut table clock. The 3½ inch arched brass
dial has two subsidiary dials for strike/silent and rise/fall pendulum
regulation and inset date above XII.
The backplate of the movement which fills the case is profusely engraved with
scrolling foliage and a cornucopia of fruit.
The exceptional diminutive arched case with canted and bracketed corners
has highly chased and finished gilt mounts and inset fretwork panels.
The front and rear doors have gilt brass bolection mouldings. The case stands
upon four similarly chased gilt brass foliate feet and is surmounted by five
elaborate gilt finials of similar finish.
Date: circa 1765
Height: 8¼ in (21 cm)
* John Roberts is recorded as working in St James’s Market in London between 1765
and 1770.
Literature: This rare miniature clock is described and illustrated by Michael Hurst in
an article in ‘Antiquarian Horology Volume 4 No 1’ in June 1965.
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