A fine late George III period mahogany bracket clock, standing on its bespoke wall bracket.

The case is veneered in richly figured mahogany with boxwood stringing, surmounted by a well-turned brass ball finial. It has a shaped top and rests on a later bespoke matching mahogany wall bracket. The sides are adorned with carved volutes and applied rosettes, flanking the inset panelled trunk with a shallow moulded base.

The 7-inch round white painted dial is signed Desbois & Wheeler, Gray’s Inn Passage and features Roman hour numerals, an outer dotted minute track and finely pierced blued steel hands, set behind a convex brass bezel.

The 8-day twin fusee movement has an original anchor escapement and strikes the hours on a bell. The backplate is engraved in flowing script with the maker’s name Desbois and Wheeler, Gray’s Inn Passage, secured with knopped brass pillars.

Date: circa 1810

Height: 18 in (45.7 cm)

Width: 12 in (30 cm)

Depth: 6 ¼ in (15.9 cm)

*Desbois & Wheeler were active in early 19th century London, producing refined bracket and wall clocks from their Gray’s Inn Passage workshop.

HW6524