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A FINE EARLY 18TH CENTURY EBONISED AND GILT BRASS MOUNTED TABLE / BRACKET CLOCK WITH PULL REPEAT SIGNED CORNELIUS HERBERT, LONDON the case with inverted bell top with scrolling gilt brass handle above and pierced gilt balustrade, the sides with pierced gilt brass sound frets, on a plinth base raised on four claw and ball feet, the break arch brass dial with gilt female mask and foliate scroll spandrels, silvered Roman chapter ring with Arabic five minute markers, the gilt matted centre with mock pendulum aperture (now covered), with oval signature plate 'Corn Herbert London', above the chamfered date aperture, the twin fusee movement striking on a bell, the backplate profusely engraved with scrolling acanthus leaves, strapwork and birds and butterflies, the pendulum with pear shaped bob, with winder and case key, 50cm high Please Note: This lot will be on display at our South Kensington branch from 29th May until it goes on view at Chiswick from 7th June. Provenance: From a private collection. Condition: Seen running in owner's home, but not fully tested or guaranteed. Notes: Cornelius Herbert is described by Baillie as 'A fine maker'. He was apprenticed in 1690, free of the Clockmakers Company in 1700 and Master in 1727. He died in 1751. His father, also named Cornelius Herbert was a watchmaker, and his son, also named Cornelius was free of the Clockmakers Company from 1735-34.