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No.101. 31422C.BR A beautiful and rare mahogany pad top bracket clock. The mahogany case with three pads to the arched top with wooden moulds rather than brass edging. The case with well chosen veneers and nicely detailed mouldings both to the front opening door and to both inner and outer edges of the rear opening door and the glazed side panels. The case is surmounted by a carrying handle and stands on four low pad feet. The dial has a round silvered dial plate with a cutout below 12 o’clock for the false pendulum bob. A square cutout above 6 o’clock for the date aperture and signature for the makers Thomas Mudge & William Dutton, London. It has nicely shaped blued steel hands and the clock has gilded rococo spandrels outside the dial ring with a strike/no strike lever above 12 o’clock and within the arch a round pendulum rise and fall dial, again with rococo spandrels to the side. The eight day gut fusee movement is of fine quality with five knopped pillars and with a tic tac escapement. Across the top of the movement is mounted the plate and lever mechanism for the rise and fall for the pendulum. The clock strikes the hours on a bell mounted above the plates. The backplate is nicely signed in full for the makers Thos Mudge, Willm Dutton, London. There is a folding pendulum hold fast for the shaped pendulum which has a large lenticular bob. The movement is held into the case by two chamfered mounting brackets and has pull hour repeat. |
The clock comes complete with a conforming but modern wall bracket.
Height to base of handle: 15" (38 cms.)
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This clock was exhibited at the British Clockmakers’ Heritage Exhibition in the Science Museum, South Kensington, London between May and September 1952. The clock was lent to the Exhibition by its owner at that time, N. E. Behrens Esq, and was dated by them as circa 1780. Mudge & Dutton are more noted for their longcase clocks of which a number come up at sale rooms and for sale by the best clock dealers. Bracket clocks by them are somewhat more unusual and it is nice to have the typical Mudge & Dutton dial layout that they used so much on their longcase clocks. Thomas Mudge was born is 1715 and was apprenticed to and worked for Graham. He started in business in Fleet Street after Graham’s death in 1751. He was one of the most eminent makers and invented the lever escapement in about 1757. He was particularly known for his high quality chronometers. He entered into a partnership with William Dutton in 1755 and the partnership continued until 1790, four years before his death. Thomas Mudge moved to Plymouth in 1771, although it is thought that some of his clocks were still signed Mudge & Dutton, London after that date. Mudge & Dutton where particularly fine and sought after makers. |
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