John Grant, Fleet Street, London No. 476

Circa 1835

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Clock 13 inches high, Clock with bracket 20 inches high.

A very fine satinwood and ebony bracket timepiece. Case The handsome well-balanced case is veneered in stain wood with ebony mouldings, harewood crossbanding and brass quarter columns, the main body is flanked by well-carved scrolling volutes, the top is surmounted by a concave moulding with five brass finials; the very fine purpose-made matching satinwood bracket of later date. Dial The white enamel dial is signed Grant Fleet Street London No 476, with Roman and Arabic numerals and gold spade hands. Movement The four pillar timepiece movement has spring barrel and fuse, with anchor escapement, plain backplate with pendulum holdfast and case securing brackets. John Grant, of Fleet Street was born in 1786 the son of John Grant 1781 -1810 who was himself a very fine watchmaker who had apprenticed to his uncle the emiment horologist Alexander Cumming. John junior, the maker of the present clock was apprenticed to his father, Grant specialised in making domestic clocks of the finest quality. This case style with its highly individual ''neo-grec'' side volutes and satinwood veneers seems to have been much favoured by John Grant as a number of similarly-cased clocks by Grant are known to exist. The wall bracket, although of relatively modern construction, is of very fine quality and in fine keeping with the case design.