Lewis Walduck
Cataloguer
Lot 92*
A mid-18th century brass striking lantern clock Richard Rayment, Bury (St. Edmunds)
2 July 2025, 13:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £1,536 inc. premium
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A mid-18th century brass striking lantern clock
Richard Rayment, Bury (St. Edmunds)
The case surmounted by a central turned finial over a strapped bell and four matching urn finials, the front and sides with pierced and engraved frets over tapering Doric columns, side doors, and iron backplate, all raised on ball feet. The 6.75 inch brass dial with Roman chapter ring intercepted by lozenge half-hour markers, to an engraved centre signed Richard Rayment, Bury above foliate scrolls, with blued steel hand. The weight driven movement with anchor escapement and long pendulum, striking the hours on the bell above via an external countwheel, powered by a single weight. Ticking and striking. 39cms (15.5ins) high.
The case surmounted by a central turned finial over a strapped bell and four matching urn finials, the front and sides with pierced and engraved frets over tapering Doric columns, side doors, and iron backplate, all raised on ball feet. The 6.75 inch brass dial with Roman chapter ring intercepted by lozenge half-hour markers, to an engraved centre signed Richard Rayment, Bury above foliate scrolls, with blued steel hand. The weight driven movement with anchor escapement and long pendulum, striking the hours on the bell above via an external countwheel, powered by a single weight. Ticking and striking. 39cms (15.5ins) high.
Footnotes
Richard Rayment was one of Suffolk's most prominent clockmakers during the first half of the 18th century, active in Bury St. Edmunds from around 1714 until his death in 1754. Although not the earliest clockmaker in the town—having been preceded by Richard Copping and Mark Hawkins—Rayment ultimately established himself as a dominant figure in the region's horological landscape. He worked in parallel with Mark Hawkins for some 40 years, and while Hawkins is associated with a handful of surviving pieces, Rayment's output was more prolific and varied. His known work includes longcase and bracket clocks, watches, and no fewer than thirteen documented lantern clocks, all noted for their quality and distinctive East Anglian style. Rayment's lantern clocks typically feature anchor escapements, engraved floral dial centres, lozenge-shaped half-hour markers, and frets incorporating 'dolphin' or foliate motifs. In 1754, his business was succeeded by his son Giffin Rayment, who carried on the trade until his own early death in 1769.
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