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Edwd Buckwell Brighton c.1825 Stock No. 3319
Edwd Buckwell Brighton c.1825
A good Georgian wall timepiece, the 12" diameter engraved silvered brass dial signed 'Edwd. Buckwell Brighton', the fusee movement with tapered plates and pendulum holdfast, in a mahogany case with turned surround and moulded brass bezel with integral lock.
Price: £3500
Stock No. 3319
There are two Edward Buckwells recorded working in Brighton - father and son. The father, the probable maker of this clock, was working in James Street from 1819 to 1834. He was clockmaker to the King and Prince Regent.