An impressive George III giltwood cartel timepieceThomas Law, Southwark, late 18th centuryThe four pillar single fusee movement with verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum and with asymmetric plates to allow for offset mainspring barrel, the 12 inch circular silvered brass Roman numeral dial with curved false-bob aperture and signed Thomas Law, St. Thomas's, SOUTHWARK to centre, Arabic five minutes to outer track, with scroll-pierce blued steel hands set behind hinged cast ogee-profile glazed bezel, the substantial solid giltwood case carved as an six-pointed two tier starburst and with iron hanging loop to rear, 90cm (36ins approx.) high. Thomas Law is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in Southwark, London 1777-99. The National Archives at Kew holds a 'Will of Thomas Law of St. Thomas Street, Southwark, Surrey' which was proved on 19th April 1803 (PROB 11/1390/171).
An impressive George III giltwood cartel timepieceThomas Law, Southwark, late 18th centuryThe four pillar single fusee movement with verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum and with asymmetric plates to allow for offset mainspring barrel, the 12 inch circular silvered brass Roman numeral dial with curved false-bob aperture and signed Thomas Law, St. Thomas's, SOUTHWARK to centre, Arabic five minutes to outer track, with scroll-pierce blued steel hands set behind hinged cast ogee-profile glazed bezel, the substantial solid giltwood case carved as an six-pointed two tier starburst and with iron hanging loop to rear, 90cm (36ins approx.) high. Thomas Law is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in Southwark, London 1777-99. The National Archives at Kew holds a 'Will of Thomas Law of St. Thomas Street, Southwark, Surrey' which was proved on 19th April 1803 (PROB 11/1390/171).
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