Lewis Walduck
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Lot 106
A good late 17th century brass mounted ebony basket top table clock John Ebsworth
2 July 2025, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£3,000 - £5,000
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A good late 17th century brass mounted ebony basket top table clock
John Ebsworth
Surmounted by a cast handle set on foliate pommels above a deep repousse pierced basket top depicting St George and the dragon the four larger finials on the moulded top, above glazed sides, front and back doors, the doors with complex gilt brass mounts, on a moulded base with bun feet.
The 7.5 inch square dial, with winged Cherub headed spandrels within additional floral engravings, the once silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals and Arabic outer rings, five minute divisions, the inner circle quarter division markings supplemented by decorated half hour markers, a date indicator framed with scrolling above VI, a matted centre with an engraved central medallion.
The five-pillar double fusee movement running on gut lines with verge escapement, the backplate engraved with scrolls and acanthus leaves surrounding a central name cartouche signed John Ebsworth London fecit, with a pair of setup wheels and clicks, along with decorated steel springs. The vacant pull quarter repeat and bell mounted to the backplate, striking the hours on a rack and snail. 46cms (18 inches) high.
Surmounted by a cast handle set on foliate pommels above a deep repousse pierced basket top depicting St George and the dragon the four larger finials on the moulded top, above glazed sides, front and back doors, the doors with complex gilt brass mounts, on a moulded base with bun feet.
The 7.5 inch square dial, with winged Cherub headed spandrels within additional floral engravings, the once silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals and Arabic outer rings, five minute divisions, the inner circle quarter division markings supplemented by decorated half hour markers, a date indicator framed with scrolling above VI, a matted centre with an engraved central medallion.
The five-pillar double fusee movement running on gut lines with verge escapement, the backplate engraved with scrolls and acanthus leaves surrounding a central name cartouche signed John Ebsworth London fecit, with a pair of setup wheels and clicks, along with decorated steel springs. The vacant pull quarter repeat and bell mounted to the backplate, striking the hours on a rack and snail. 46cms (18 inches) high.
Footnotes
John Ebsworth worked at the Cross Keys in Lothbury and also at one time, 'in new Cheape Side'. He was apprenticed to Richard Aymes in 1657 and made free of the Clockmakers Company in 1665. He died in 1699. It is probable that he succeeded Thomas Knifton at the Cross Keys upon Knifton's death circa 1667.
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