Object Description
Georgian Bracket Clock
Mahogany brass bound case standing on a raised stepped plinth and resting on brass bracket feet with silk lined fishscale sound frets surmounted by a break arch with three brass bound pads with central mounted carrying handle.
Silvered dial with Roman numerals, strike / silent feature above the twelve O c’lock and subsidiary dial for the calendar signed ‘Geo. Turner, Honiton’
Fine eight day twin fuse movement with four knopped pillars, striking and repeating at will on a large silvered top mounted bell. The movement retains its original verge escapement with beautifully engraved backplate. C.1810
‘Devon clocks and clockmakers’ by Clifford Ponsford lists George Turner as a watchmaker and clockmaker working in Honiton, born c.1785, he was married to Miss J.Lee in December of 1815. There is a gallery clock made by him in St. Pauls Church, Honiton. He died in February 1869. The register lists him as ‘Clockmaker, Watchmaker and Silversmith’.