Beschreibung:

A CHARLES II SILVER-MOUNTED EBONISED STRIKING BRACKET CLOCK Henry Jones, London The case with later foliate-tied silver handle to the cushion-moulded top applied with later silver foliate mounts to the front and rear, glazed sides, later silver floral escutcheons to the front door, the moulded base on bun feet, the 6in. sq. dial with pierced and sculpted blued steel hands, silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with Jones's typical heavy markings, finely matted centre with calendar aperture, well finished winged cherub spandrels, the movement with five back-pinned ringed pillars, twin gut fusees, verge escapement with later backcock, Dutch striking on two bells of different tone mounted vertically above the movement, the twice-12 notched countwheel pierced with a rosette to the centre and calibrated 2-12, pump-action for the strike operated via a cam wheel in the motion work, the backplate typically signed Henricus Jones Londini within a draped lambrequin within an engraved border and with the brass barrel click wheels and double wishbone springs visible at the base; case restored, later silver mounts 11½ in. (29.5 cm.) to hilt of handle