Lewis Walduck
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Lot 107
A late 17th century striking table clock, the case later decorated in the chinoiserie style, together with a later matching wall bracket Fabian Robins, London
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2 July 2025, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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A late 17th century striking table clock, the case later decorated in the chinoiserie style, together with a later matching wall bracket
Fabian Robins, London
The case surmounted by a brass foliate tied handle over a caddy top with four turned finials to each corner, later decorated in chinoiserie style, the sides with glazed observation windows, all to a moulded base. The 6.75 inch square brass dial with silvered Roman chapter ring and Arabic five-minute markers, with cruciform half-hour markers, matted centre with scrolling decoration, ringed winding squares and date aperture, framed by four winged cherub head spandrels and a now-redundant strike/silent indicator to the top. The double chain fusee movement with five knopped pillars and later half deadbeat escapement converted from verge, striking the hours on a bell via a rack and snail, the backplate fully engraved with foliate scrolls and a pair of eagle heads framing an oval name cartouche with wheatear border, signed Fab Robins London. Currently ticking and striking, and sold with a later chinoiserie bracket. 40cms (16ins) high.
The case surmounted by a brass foliate tied handle over a caddy top with four turned finials to each corner, later decorated in chinoiserie style, the sides with glazed observation windows, all to a moulded base. The 6.75 inch square brass dial with silvered Roman chapter ring and Arabic five-minute markers, with cruciform half-hour markers, matted centre with scrolling decoration, ringed winding squares and date aperture, framed by four winged cherub head spandrels and a now-redundant strike/silent indicator to the top. The double chain fusee movement with five knopped pillars and later half deadbeat escapement converted from verge, striking the hours on a bell via a rack and snail, the backplate fully engraved with foliate scrolls and a pair of eagle heads framing an oval name cartouche with wheatear border, signed Fab Robins London. Currently ticking and striking, and sold with a later chinoiserie bracket. 40cms (16ins) high.
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