Lewis Walduck
Cataloguer
Lot 48
A good late 18th century ebonised striking and quarter-repeating table clock William Hill, St Margaret's, Southwark, London
2 July 2025, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond Street£1,500 - £2,500
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A good late 18th century ebonised striking and quarter-repeating table clock
William Hill, St Margaret's, Southwark, London
The inverted bell top surmounted by a brass carrying handle over a moulded cornice, glazed sides with circular brass sound frets backed in old silk, terminating in a moulded base raised on four ogee feet. The 7-inch brass break-arch dial with a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, framed by six cast gilt-brass spandrels, with subsidiary Strike/Silent dial to the arch. The finely matted centre with mock pendulum aperture and date aperture, signed in a recessed plaque below XII William Hill, St. Margaret's Hill, London. The double fusee movement with verge escapement, united by five pillars, striking the hours on a bell mounted above the movement via rack and snail, with pull-quarter repeat system repeating the quarters on a nest of six bells and hammers.
The backplate engraved with scrolls and foliate motifs. Ticking, striking and repeating. 52cms (20.5ins) high.
The inverted bell top surmounted by a brass carrying handle over a moulded cornice, glazed sides with circular brass sound frets backed in old silk, terminating in a moulded base raised on four ogee feet. The 7-inch brass break-arch dial with a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, framed by six cast gilt-brass spandrels, with subsidiary Strike/Silent dial to the arch. The finely matted centre with mock pendulum aperture and date aperture, signed in a recessed plaque below XII William Hill, St. Margaret's Hill, London. The double fusee movement with verge escapement, united by five pillars, striking the hours on a bell mounted above the movement via rack and snail, with pull-quarter repeat system repeating the quarters on a nest of six bells and hammers.
The backplate engraved with scrolls and foliate motifs. Ticking, striking and repeating. 52cms (20.5ins) high.
Footnotes
William Hill is recorded as working in St. Margaret's Hill, London, during the mid-18th century tantalisingly little is known about his life or career.
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