Bracket clock
Artist: Thomas Lister (1745 - 1814)
Location: Bankfield Museum
Date: 1780 - 1800
Materials: case of inlaid mahogany
Dimensions: 70 cm
Grant:
Amount Paid: £3,000 (Total: £9,680)
Vendor: Phillips
Review number: 3436 (1989)
Provenance:
Made for Lister's daughter on the occasion of her marriage to James Sunderland.
Description:
George III musical bracket clock with an arched painted dial with subsidiaries for tune change, calendar and rise and fall regulation, signed in a cartouche, 'Thos. Lister, Halifax'. The clock-face is flanked by ivory-inlaid columns with ivory capitals. Ten tunes can be played on twelve bells. The case of inlaid mahogany is ornamented in the Sheraton style.
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