Lot 68

A third quarter of the 17th century brass lantern clock with square dial

Fine Clocks

11 July 2018, 14:00 BST

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £1,625 inc. premium

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A third quarter of the 17th century brass lantern clock with square dial

Strapped bell, urn finials and pierced dolphin frets over tapering Doric columns on ball feet, the top plate with iron hoop over, side doors now lacking but originally hinged at the front,(rear panel lacking), the 6.5 inch square brass dial with single line border framing leaf-engraved corners and the silvered Roman chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers, the centre with elaborate flowerheads and foliage, with Arabic alarm-setting disc and single hand, the anchor escapement with unusually shaped and finished steel pallets, and countwheel strike on the bell 38cms (15ins) high.

Footnotes

Illustrated and discussed by Brian Loomes in Clocks Magazine, May 2016, pp 11-15.

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