AN EDWARDIAN BRASS INLAID MAHOGANY QUARTER-CHIMING BRACKET CLOCK Webster, London, circa 1910 The four pillar triple chain fusee movement with anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum chiming the quarters on a graduated nest of eight bells and sounding the hour on a further larger bell, the 7.5 inch circular silvered brass Roman numeral dial engraved Webster, EST'D 1711 to centre and with pierced steel trefoil hour hand set behind hinged cast brass bevel-glazed bezel, the case with hinged brass carrying handle to the domed caddy superstructure over cavetto and cushion moulded top mouldings and front inlaid with shaped brass-line panel infill around the dial, the sides with foliate strapwork cast rectangular frets incorporating male terms to centre and the rear with rectangular brass grille inset door, on cavetto and ogee moulded skirt base with gilt brass disc feet. 51cm (20ins) high excluding handle, 35cm (13.75ins) wide, 21cm (8.25ins) deep. The current lot would have been made by Richard Webster Limited which was the final incarnation of the famous Webster family of London Clockmakers established by William Webster in 1710. William Webster is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as apprenticed to Thomas Tompion and gaining his Freedom from The Clockmakers' Company in 1710, he initially worked as journeyman to Tompion later setting up business in Exchange Alley; he died in 1734. The firm passed through three successive generations, all of which were accomplished horologists before passing to Richard Gofrey Webster in1882. In 1904 the business became a limited company and ceased trading shortly after the outbreak of WWI in 1914.