| Height | 24½ inches |
| Case | Distinctive drop dial case in mahogany on oak with convex mahogany moulding framing the dial with a lockable, hinged mahogany concave bezel above shaped ears flanking the central trunk with raised panel mouldings. Solid mahogany moulded drop door to the base and further access doors to each side. |
| Dial | 14½ inch silvered brass one-piece dial signed Thos. Mudge Willm. Dutton London within a Roman and Arabic chapter-ring, finely pierced and shaped blued-steel heart-shaped hour and minute hands. |
| Movement | Substantial timepiece movement with rectangular brass plates and five baluster pillars. The four wheel going train with anchor escapement. Typical heavy double backcock suspending the original steel-rod pendulum with large brass-faced bob and engraved brass rating nut calibrated 1-4. Punch-numbered 87 on the bottom edge of the backplate. |
| Duration | 8-day. |
| Provenance | Bonhams, 15 December 2004, lot 163 (£12,291). |
| Literature | Garnier & Carter, The Golden Age of English Horology, 2015, p.252-253. |
| Escapement | Anchor. |
Thos. Mudge & Willm. Dutton, London, No. 87 circa 1775
A very fine early mahogany drop dial wall timepiece
This scarce series of wall clocks by Mudge & Dutton represents some of the earliest, perhaps even the first, conventional style of English dial clock.
Product Description
This scarce series of wall clocks by Mudge & Dutton represents some of the earliest, perhaps even the first, conventional style of English dial clock.
Additional information
| Dimensions | 5827373 cm |
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