A rarer, small, 8" drop dial fusee wall clock. A mahogany case of small proportions with the original side bezel key and lock. Choice flame mahogany to the case. A cast brass bezel surround with convex glass. A painted dial signed 'D & J WELLBY, LONDON' with blued steel hands. A side door and an opening bottom door with the original lock & key. The rear of the dial is marked D & J Wellby.
An 8-day duration fusee mechanism of good quality. Circa 1845.
.D & J Wellby were jewellers from 1834 in Soho & Covent Garden in London. The continued until 1974. This may have been the shop display clock.Height 13" / 33cms Width 10" / 26cms Depth 5 1/2 " / 14cms.
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