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Lot 72*
A good late 17th century ebony basket top table clock with pull cord repeat Wm.Speakman, Londoni Fecit 3
22 June 2021, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £19,000 inc. premium
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A good late 17th century ebony basket top table clock with pull cord repeat
Wm.Speakman, Londoni Fecit
Surmounted by a knopped foliate handle on facetted internal pommels, the shallow repousse basket framed by a moulded edge and four ovoid finials, the rectangular glass side panels with elaborate repousse frames, on a moulded plinth on claw feet, the 5.5 inch Roman dial with outer Arabic minutes and fleur de lys half hour markers, with fettled blued steel hands, matted centre and chamfered date aperture, all framed by cherub's head spandrels, the signed twin gut fusee movement with knife edge verge escapement, the backplate signed in a leafy cartouche within a pattern of symmetrical foliate scrolls with buds and flowerheads, further set with a strike/silent lever marked '0-Z', striking the hours on a bell and repeating the quarters on a smaller bell and hammer. Ticking, (striking and repeat functions in need of attention). Sold with a case key and winding key. 34cms (13inches) high (3)
Surmounted by a knopped foliate handle on facetted internal pommels, the shallow repousse basket framed by a moulded edge and four ovoid finials, the rectangular glass side panels with elaborate repousse frames, on a moulded plinth on claw feet, the 5.5 inch Roman dial with outer Arabic minutes and fleur de lys half hour markers, with fettled blued steel hands, matted centre and chamfered date aperture, all framed by cherub's head spandrels, the signed twin gut fusee movement with knife edge verge escapement, the backplate signed in a leafy cartouche within a pattern of symmetrical foliate scrolls with buds and flowerheads, further set with a strike/silent lever marked '0-Z', striking the hours on a bell and repeating the quarters on a smaller bell and hammer. Ticking, (striking and repeat functions in need of attention). Sold with a case key and winding key. 34cms (13inches) high (3)
Footnotes
William Speakman was apprenticed to Peter Closon in 1654 until Closon's death in 1660 and then Andrew Prime until 1661, when he obtained his Freedom in 1661. He was Master of the Clockmakers Company in 1701. He is known to have worked in Westminster and later in Hatton Garden.
A very similar signature cartouche on the centre of the backplate can be found in Dzik, Engraving on English Table Clocks: Art on a Canvas of Brass 1660-1800, 2019, Wild Boar Publications, p.145, fig.8.16.
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