Description
A lovely timepiece clock of 8 day duration signed DONALD, NEWCASTLE.
The finely veneered rectangular rosewood case with moulded cornice and carved domed top with central boss and a stepped plinth base.
The 5″ silvered arched dial engraved Donald Newcastle with Roman numerals and steel hands.
The 8 day single fusee movement with shaped plates and anchor escapement. Stop-work and nice brass pendulum.
The cabinet of superb colour and patination.
James Donald is the recorded 19th-century clockmaker in Newcastle upon Tyne, listed in local trade directories as operating at 34 Mosley Street in around 1836.
14.5 inch high to top of finial.
