Handley & Moore, London for John Barwise, a mahogany bracket clock having an eight-day duration, five pillar double-fusee movement striking the hours on a bell with pull repeat and a strike/silent lever to the rear, with border engraving to the backplate, the frontplate stamped with the movement maker’s name and serial number ‘Handley & Moore, 1123’, the seven-inch round convex painted dial having black Roman numerals, blued steel moon hands and signed ‘Barwise, London’, the arch-top case with ebonised inlaid decoration to the front panel and further satinwood and boxwood crossbanding, the sides with brass fish-scale fretwork, with a brass carrying handle to the top.
* Handley and Moore of Clerkenwell Close, London were fine and well-known makers of clocks working from 1798 until the death of Handley in 1824 after which John Moore continued alone. The partnership mainly made pieces for others, as in this example, with distinctive features such as the strike/silent lever and style of border engraving to the backplate, a feature also used by Thwaites & Reed, another supplier of high quality movements. Both Handley and Moore were apprentices to John Thwaites in the late 18th century.
* John Barwise of London, working 1790 until his death in 1842, was a well-respected maker who had 'A Regulator by him in St James's Palace' as well as examples in various museums including the Guildhall Museum. Had a shop at 29, St Martins Lane from 1790.
Height: 38 cm (handle down)
Price: £6,200.00