English
Regency rosewood bracket clock signed by Widenham
& Adams
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Price: Inquire.
This
one of a kind high quality Regency style English bracket
clock is encased in rosewood with finely cast ormolu
mounts and a 4.5” diameter silvered engine-turned
dial. The balloon style case was custom made and the
unusual shape of the plates indicate the movement
was designed specifically for this case. The clearances
between the case and the movement are very tight.
The substantial 5-pillar double fusee movement, with
anchor escapement, strikes a gong on the hour with
a hidden repeat located on the side. It is signed
‘Widenham & Adams, 13 Lombard Street, London’ on the
back plate which is visible through a wood framed
glazed door. The pendulum is visible through the fretted
brass opening in the front and the glazed door in
the back. The case has recently been ‘French polished’
to bring out all the rich colors in the rosewood.
Circa 1835. Dimensions: 11” high, 8” wide, 5” deep
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Richard Widenham received an award at the chronometer
trials at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in 1825, and
began trading as Widenham & Adams on Lombard Street
in 1835.
