Lot 25TP
A late 17th century ebonised longcase clock with ten inch dial Caleb Sillwood
14 – 15 July 2022, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £3,570 inc. premium
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A late 17th century ebonised longcase clock with ten inch dial
Caleb Sillwood
The hood with overhanging cornice over a fret cut frieze mounted on spirally twisted columns, convex throat moulding over a long door with circular lenticle, on a panel base and moulded plinth. The 10 inch square brass dial framed by crown-and-cherub spandrels, the silvered chapter ring with bold Roman hours and small Arabic five-minute divisions signed between V and VII, finely matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial, ringed winding squares and chamfered date aperture. The movement with anchor escapement and outside countwheel striking on a large bell. Together with a pendulum, two lead weights and a trunk door key. 2.04 (6ft 8ins) high.
The hood with overhanging cornice over a fret cut frieze mounted on spirally twisted columns, convex throat moulding over a long door with circular lenticle, on a panel base and moulded plinth. The 10 inch square brass dial framed by crown-and-cherub spandrels, the silvered chapter ring with bold Roman hours and small Arabic five-minute divisions signed between V and VII, finely matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial, ringed winding squares and chamfered date aperture. The movement with anchor escapement and outside countwheel striking on a large bell. Together with a pendulum, two lead weights and a trunk door key. 2.04 (6ft 8ins) high.
Footnotes
A Caleb Sillwood was married in Fleet, London in April 1725. Interestingly, another Caleb Sellwood (note the 'e') was a Welsh clockmaker described as "Sellwood the mechanic', when he made the Haverfordwest church clock in 1709, potentially, the two are the same man. See Loomes, B. (2014) Clockmakers of Britain 1286-1700. Mayfield: Mayfield Books.
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