Lot 24TP
A rare late 17th/early 18th century longcase clock movement, the dial with fully engraved minute ring Christopher Gould, London
14 – 15 July 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £5,737.50 inc. premium
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A rare late 17th/early 18th century longcase clock movement, the dial with fully engraved minute ring
Christopher Gould, London
The 12 inch square brass dial with winged cherub's head and foliage spandrels enclosed by a stylised wheatear border, signed along the lower edge Christopher Gould Londini fecit, the silvered chapter ring engraved with a running band of 1-60 Arabic minutes framing the Roman hours with fleur de lyse half-hour markers and an inner quarter-hour track, the finely matted centre with subsidiary seconds, ringed winding squares and decorated chamfered date aperture, with large blued steel hands, the movement with six ringed and knopped pillars, anchor escapement and outside countwheel striking on a very large bell mounted on a substantial steel post screwed to the frontplate. Together with a pair of lead weights, brass-faced pendulum and winding key. 31cms (12ins) diameter
The 12 inch square brass dial with winged cherub's head and foliage spandrels enclosed by a stylised wheatear border, signed along the lower edge Christopher Gould Londini fecit, the silvered chapter ring engraved with a running band of 1-60 Arabic minutes framing the Roman hours with fleur de lyse half-hour markers and an inner quarter-hour track, the finely matted centre with subsidiary seconds, ringed winding squares and decorated chamfered date aperture, with large blued steel hands, the movement with six ringed and knopped pillars, anchor escapement and outside countwheel striking on a very large bell mounted on a substantial steel post screwed to the frontplate. Together with a pair of lead weights, brass-faced pendulum and winding key. 31cms (12ins) diameter
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With its larger than expected hands and dial, coupled to it's impressive bell, it is possible that this clock was intended to be used in some kind of public environment. The numbered minute ring is unusual too and may point to a very specific environment or commission?
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