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Here is beautiful, high quality twin fusee bracket clock, it was made by JAs MURRAY", royal exchange, London. This original clock dates between 1825, before he was in partnership with Strahan at 19 Sweetings Alley, and 1838 when Royal exchange was destroyed by fire. Movement says James Murray, Royal exchange, London".


James Murray was watch and chronometer maker of great repute, and active in London between circa 1810 and the 1840s.


He was born in 1780 and gained his Freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1815, was elevated to the Livery in 1817 and is thought to have worked until his death in 1847. He is perhaps best known as maker of marine chronometers and other precision timekeepers; James Weddell took three chronometers supplied by Murray on his third Antarctic expedition 1822-4.


His clocks were consistently of the highest quality and amongst the finest of the period.


Clock is in good working condition, chime strikes every hour.


The case is in good condition for its age, the glass face is thick and in very good condition. You can see in the pictures, the pendulum seems bend, it is bend but it is original, not damage and the clock works well with the pendulum.


It will come with original pendulum and two keys one for open glass face; one for wind up the movement).


Measurement:

Height 50.00 cm (20.10 inches)

Width 28.00 cm (11.10 inches)

Depth 18.00 cm (7.30 inches)


Please look carefully the photos as main description.

Please review my other ads, have some antique French clocks, particularly, some fusee clocks Savory&sons bracket clock, railway clocks) that you might interested.


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Note:
If real postage in Australia is lower than $70, will refund the difference

You can check the same items online, you might be surprise with its value. Here are two references:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/272218641088?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/301099637510?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

If buyers are oversea, please contact me for postage fee detail
Someone sent me email and said that the  "thick cast bezel hinged to the left" so it might be fake (from China or India). However, find other clock of James Murray Royal Exchange also has cast bezel hinged to the left:  http://www.sellingantiques.co.uk/336842/georgian-repeater-bracket-clock-by-famous-makerjames-murray-royal-exchange/
Price is firmSomeone has concerned about the black paint, you can check many black painted clocks for that period. For example:http://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/john-nicholson/catalogue-id-srjo10067/lot-4b4a6505-4cdb-41ec-a35f-a4de00ca349fhttp://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/chilcotts-honiton/catalogue-id-srchil10025/lot-f74e0b68-406f-4772-b9e6-a61100fa331c
I bought it with two other clocks Savory&sons bracket fusee clock -listing on ebay; Gustave Becker bracket clock- was sold on ebay and received feedback already, please check my feedback) two months ago from an old man in Queensland, Australia. He bought them 35 years ago.
Any questions please don't hesitate to contact me. If someone can give me some more information and knowledge about it, that would be great. Thanks lot

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