A FINE GEORGE III SATINWOOD BALLOON-SHAPED BRACKET CLOCK
by Thomas Wright, Poultry, Watchmaker to the King, the case with crossbanded border on cast ball, claw and leaf feet, surmounted by a square tapering pediment with brass acorn finial, the base with a brass table inscribed "From Battersea Rise, Feethams & Huntley Lodge", with fretwork pierced door, the white enamel dial with Arabic and Roman numerals, the double fusee movement with foliate engraved backplate inscribed "Wright Poultry Watchmaker to the King", striking on a bell, 64cm high,
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£4,000 - £6,000
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Bidding ended. Lot is unsold.
the bracket with a moulded and stepped border terminating in an ebonised pendant finial, 33cm
Britten in "Old Clocks & Watches and Their Makers" records Thomas Wright of Poultry circa 1770-1792.