A good late George III period wall timepiece in original condition. The 15-inch wooden painted dial has a single band of Roman numerals and an outer band for the minutes. The pierced brass hands are original, the minute hand with counterpoise.

It has a Georgian concave brass bezel with an integral lock and it sits on a turned patinated outer mahogany bezel.

The 8-day timepiece movement has A-shaped brass plates, anchor escapement and spring-suspended pendulum with a brass lenticular bob.

Diameter: 17 in (43 cm)

*  James Parlett Saddleton is listed on page 680 in Brian Loomes’ Clockmakers and Watchmakers of the World: 21^st Century Edition as working in King’s Lynn (Norfolk) from 1801 to 1845.

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