A rare late 18th century kingwood-banded satinwood table clock


signed W. Tarlton, Liverpoolthe 5.5" circular white enamel dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, the twin gut fusee movement with tall rectangular plates united by four unique (?) baluster pillars and a plain fifth single pillar to the centre, each wheel of five crossings mounted with unusual concave collets, the going train terminating in a pin-wheel escapement, with rack strike on a bell, 38cms high
|An identical case is illustrated in Barder, R.C.R. (1993) The Georgian Bracket Clock 1714 – 1830. Suffolk: The Antique Collectors' Club, plate IV/76.William Tarleton worked from Church Street, Liverpool from 1763-1798 and then Lime Street from 1798 to circa 1807.