109th Auction
2023/11/18
Lot 332
John Gerrard
A high-quality London bracket clock with hour strike, quarter hour/hour repeater and date
Sold
estimated
2.500—5.000 €
Price realized
5.300 €
specific features
Case
Wooden case, ebonised.
Dial
Silvered chapter ring, gilt, florally engraved, signed, spandrels with applied cherub heads, aperture for engraved mock pendulum.
Movement
Rectangular brass full plate movement, signed, lavishly engraved, 5 hammers / 5 bells, double gut/fusee for going and striking train, verge escapement, brass pendulum.
Diam.410 mm
Circa1720
Ctry.England
John Gerrard was active in London in the first quarter of the 18th century and is listed on page 298 of Brian Loome's "Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World".