English ebonised and ormolu mounted double fusee verge baske...

Hammer

£3,600

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 two 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