Chorley's
Lot 433
A William & Mary ebonised eight-day, bell striking, bracket clock, John Wrench, Chester, the caddy top with gilt handle and pierced and engraved repoussé worked caddy, the case with canted corners, gilt metal mounted with arched glass to the sides, on claw and ball feet fitted a four-pillar two-train fusee movement with verge escapement, the brass dial with signed silver chapter ring, and an engraved signed back plate, the case 38cm high/Note: Baillie records John Wrench, Chester, 1690-1717/see illustration CONDITION REPORT: 27th April 2017:- Full mechanical overhaul, including replacement of strike mainspring, silver solder repair to locking arbour, replacement locking wheel, 2 pivots straightened, new knife edge to verge, new pendulum rod and bob, new pendulum lock, repair to calendar ring and new teeth cut to fit, calendar wheel re-cut and new collet and post made, all pivots burnished, 4 bushes to strike, 4 bushes to going, strike silent lever made and fitted, screw heads recut as original, new case bolt made, new lock to front door, dial cleaned and re-silvered, movement polished and cleaned, replacement gut lines fitted etc.There are two spare holes to the left hand side of the backplate, otherwise complete. The front plate has one small hole opposite lower hole on backplate. Clock is at present in working order and has been for many years at the vendors property. Condition otherwise good.
