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Lot 113

A mid 18th century ebonised table clock
Jasper Taylor, Holborn London

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2 July 2025, 13:00 BST

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £1,536 inc. premium

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A mid 18th century ebonised table clock

Jasper Taylor, Holborn London
The inverted bell top surmounted by a handle on brass pedestal over silk-backed sound frets and quadrants, the sides with glazed panels to a moulded plinth base on block feet. The 7 inch arched brass dial with Strike/Silent subsidiary over the Roman and Arabic chapter ring framed by cast spandrels, the matted centre with date aperture and mock pendulum signed behind Jasper Taylor London with blued steel hands. The twin gut (now wire) fusee movement united by five pillars, with knife-edge verge escapement and rack strike on the bell. The backplate with engraved symmetrical pattern of foliate scrolls and signed Jasper Taylor, Holborn London. Ticking, striking and with operational hour repeat. Sold together with a 17th century style key and a case key. 51cms (20ins) high.

Footnotes

Jasper Taylor was born in 1671 and was the son of Thomas Taylor to whom he was apprenticed in 1685/1686 becoming a freeman in 1695.

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