A RARE MAHOGANY FUSEE WALL DIAL TIMEPIECE WITH EIGHT-INCH PAINTED WOODEN DIALTHE DIAL INSCRIBED FOR THOMAS BRYANT, LONDON, EARLY 19th CENTURYThe four columnar pillar single fusee movement with anchor escapement regulated by lenticular bob pendulum and slightly tapered plates, the 8 inch circular cream painted convex wooden dial inscribed Tho.s Bryant, LONDON to centre and with scroll-pierced blued steel hands set behind hinged convex glazed cavetto-moulded bead-cast brass bezel, with caddy-turned dial surround secured with pegs to the rear box case incorporating door to both sides and pendulum access flap to the curved underside (dial finish restored).25cm (9.75ins) diameter, 16cm (6.25ins) deep.Two makers with the name Thomas Bryant are recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in London during the early 19th century. The first gaining his freedom of the Clockmaker's Company in 1773 and dying in 1815; the second recorded as apprenticed in 1801.