LOT 148 A small Regency brass inlaid bracket clock with fired enamel dial
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A small Regency brass inlaid bracket clock with fired enamel dial, Benjamin Lautier, Bath, circa 1825 The five pillar twin fusee bell-striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum, trip-hour repeat and stylised repeating leaf border-engraved shallow-arch backplate, the 4.5 inch circular convex white enamel Roman numeral dial signed B. LAUTIER, BATH to centre and with Breguet moon hands set behind hinged convex glazed cast brass bezel concealing a S/N strike selection lever at twelve o’clock, the arched case with foliate acorn finial to the cushion moulded upstand over brass-edged fascia incorporating shaped brass line decorated recessed panel within brass quarter-round fillet mouldings beneath dial, the sides with ring handles over arched brass fish scale sound frets, the rear with arch glazed door, the brass rosette and line decorated stepped skirt base fitted with brass ball feet, 33cm (13ins) high. Benjamin Lautier is recorded in Moore, A.J. THE CLOCKMAKERS OF BRISTOL 1650-1900 as working in Bath from 1818-46. He was based at 2 Bridge Street until 1846 when he relocated to number 6. In 1847 his wife appears as proprietor, later moving to Orange Grove in 1849.
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