Crafts Mcckay, Boston. This superb Bracket Clock has an engraved brass dial signed by the Boston Clockmaker, "Crafts Mackay."  NN-102.

This is a wonderful example of an American-signed bracket clock that may be of UK origin. The vast majority of American signed bracket clocks that share this case form was, in fact, constructed in England and sold to the American retail market. These clocks were sold by American Clockmakers who would sign their own names on the dials. This example retains its original ebonized case, bell top, and decorative brass mounts. The case stands proudly on four cast brass feet. Other brass fittings include:

• The two decorative castings are applied to the canted front corners of the case.
• Two cast spandrels are incorporated into the design of the front door.
• The four decorative finials are mounted at the four corners of the case.
• The brass carrying handle is mounted to the top of the case.

Both the front and back of this case are fitted with doors that allow one access to the clock. In addition, the case sides feature decorative cutouts. These are also fitted with glass and let one look into the interior of the case to look over the construction of the movement. 

The front door opens to access the arched brass dial. This is finished with a silver wash. This dial is engraved with a time ring that lays out the hours and minutes, a strike/silent indicator located in the arch, a day of the month calendar aperture above the numeral "Six," and the Clockmaker's name and working location. The Maker's name is signed in a script format. The hour chapter ring features Roman-style numerals. Arabic numbers are used for the five minutes markers. 

The door at the rear of the clock allows one to view the back of the movement. The heavy brass backplate is skillfully and elaborately engraved in a floral theme. Five-shouldered posts connect the plates, which are fastened to the bottom of the case. This eight-day clock will strike each hour on a bell mounted on a stand on the backplate. The works are powered by springs and feature fusee cones. It still retains its original crown-wheel escapement. The pendulum is constructed with a steel rod and a brass lenticular bob and is suspended by steel suspension. 

The approximate dimensions are as follows: The height measured with the handle in the up position is 19 inches, and measured with the handle down, it is 18 inches tall. At the feet, this case is 12 inches wide and 7.25 inches deep. 

This clock was made circa 1785. 

Inventory number NN-102.