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A late 17th century ebony basket top table clock with
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A late 17th century ebony basket top table clock with twin subsidiaries Signed behind the mock pendulum aperture
William Webster London
Repousse basket top with knopped bud handle over four unusual finials and an intricately moulded cornice, rectangular glazed side panels to a moulded plinth and brass button feet, both doors with applied repousse mounts, the 6.75 inch square brass dial with twin subsidiaries for strike/silent and rise-and-fall regulation in the upper corners, the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with meeting-arrowhead half-quarter marks, finely matted centre with ringed winding squares and decorated mock pendulum (revealing the signature) and date apertures, the twin gut fusee movement with verge escapement with rise and fall pendulum mounted on an engraved curved arm terminating in a rack and pinion, with lenticular bob, the strike train with internal rack sounding on the bell, with pull quarter repeat on three bells and hammers. Running, striking and repeating. Together with a door key (which operates both locks) and a later winding key. 40cms (16ins) high.
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A late 17th century ebony basket topped table clock
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A late 17th century ebony basket topped table clock with pull quarter repeat
John Bushman, London
Surmounted by an elaborate figural handle over a pierced basket top centred by a medallion of George and the Dragon flanked by supporters, the sides with similar portrait medallions, over a moulded cornice and repousse framed side windows, to a moulded base and claw feet, the 7 inch square brass dial with winged cherub spandrels framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, with strike/silent lever above XII, the finely matted centre with chamfered mock pendulum and date apertures, ringed winding squares and fettled blued steel hands, the twin chain fusee movement united by five distinctive delicate baluster pillars, the going train with knife edge verge escapement on an elaborate engraved back cock, with rack strike on a bell and pull repeating the quarters on three small vertical bells and hammers, the backplate with outside set up ratchets and clicks, engraved with symmetrical foliate scrolls and central signature cartouche. Ticking, striking and repeating. Together with a large brass associated winding key and case key. 42cms (16 1/2ins) high (3)
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John Bushman or Bushmann was a German watch and clock maker born in 1661 in Hagen. He moved to London by 1690 and became a member of the London Clockmakers' Company two years later in 1692. He died in 1722.
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A late 17th century marquetry longcase clock with ten
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A late 17th century marquetry longcase clock with ten inch dial and bolt-and-shutter maintaining power
William Clement, Londini fecit
The flat top over a blind fret cut cornice over spirally twisted columns, convex throat moulding and 42 inch long door inlaid with three shaped panels of bird and flower inlay framing the circular lenticle, on a matching base (now partly built up). With spoon lock to the throat.
The 10-inch square brass dial with winged cherubs head spandrels and foliate engraving framing the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, finely matted centre with slender subsidiary seconds ring and decorated date aperture. Secured to the movement by four latched dial feet.
The rectangular movement plates united by six knopped and ringed pillars latched to the frontplate, with capped barrels, the going train with bolt-and-shutter maintaining power to the anchor escapement, the strike with outside countwheel, striking on the large bell. The backplate further set with a brass bracket which secures to a conforming bracket on the case backboard via a butterfly nut. Ticking and striking. Together with the door key and a crank winding key.
2.01m (6ft 7ins) high.
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Provenance:
The estate of John Graveson, (1946-2021), son of Professor Ronald H Graveson, CBE (1911-1991). Professor Graveson was one of the most highly respected collectors of Fine English clocks in the 1960s and 70s.
Purchased Sotheby's Important Clocks, English Pottery, Rugs and Carpets, Tapestries and Fine English Furniture, Thursday 30th January 1964, lot 80. 'A late 17th century marquetry longcase clock by Wim. Clement, Londini fecit…'.
A note in the margin gives the purchase price of £360 – in the same sale a walnut longcase by Christopher Gould sold for £140 and a walnut longcase by Joseph Windmills realised £180. A copy of the catalogue is included with this lot. Additional paperwork includes a receipt for a replacement pendulum suspension from Camerer Cuss & Co, 9-3-1964 for £17-6d. Another for various minor jobs from A. & H. Rowley Parkes & Co. 30-9-1965 for £47-10d, and a handwritten letter from Daniel Parkes, detailing work done to the retaining bracket dated 8th October 1965. The clock has remained in the Graveson family for the last 57 years.
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A late 17th century walnut marquetry longcase clock
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A late 17th century walnut marquetry longcase clock with bolt and shutter maintaining power, previously in the Wetherfield Collection
Christopher Gould
Surmounted by a (later?) carved cresting of two cherubs heads over a pair of wings and scrolls, with twist columns and an inlaid front door, the trunk with three panels of bird and flower inlay on a matching panel base raised on bun feet, the 10.5ins square brass dial with engraved wheatear border framing the large winged cherubs head spandrels, Roman and Arabic chapter ring (with half-quarter marks), finely matted centre with subsidiary seconds, ringed winding squares, chamfered decorated date aperture and engraved foliate boss to the centre, with fine blued steel hands, the movement with five knopped and ringed pillars, bolt and shutter maintaining power to an anchor escapement, with outside countwheel strike on a bell, the backplate with shaped aperture for the pallet arbor 2.1m (6ft 11ins) high.
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Provenance:
The Wetherfield Collection in the early 20th century.
Literature:
Illustrated on the front cover Bruton, E. (1981) The Wetherfield Collection of Clocks a Guide to Dating English Antique Clocks. London: N.A.G. Press Ltd. Illustrated and described page 146, plate 100.
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A rare early 18th century ebony table clock
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A rare early 18th century ebony table clock
Charles Goode, London
Surmounted by a bold 'Quare-style' double-S scroll handle on a caddy top over an intricately moulded cornice and two long glazed side panels to a moulded base and block feet, the front door with highly unusual ogee bolection-moulded frame. The rectangular dial measuring 7.75 ins x 7ins signed upper centre Charles Goode, LONDON over a strike/not strike lever framed by foliate and strapwork spandrels to the corners, the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with half-quarter marks and meeting-arrowhead half hour markers, the finely matted centre displaying the decorated mock pendulum aperture, conforming date aperture and ringed winding squares, with finely pierced original hands. The twin gut fusee movement (now wire) now converted to anchor escapement with internal rack strike on the bell, the plates united by five knopped and ringed pillars (the centre latched), the backplate boldly engraved with interlaced foliate scrolls centred by the repeat signature within a shaped foliate cartouche below a winged cherubs head. 43cms (17ins) high
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Another table clock by Goode with an ogee bolection-moulded door was sold Christies London, 'Magnificent Clocks', 15/9/2004, lot 21, with a quarter chiming movement, the hammer price was £30,000.
Charles Goode was a watchmaker who was made a Free Brother in the Clockmaker's Company in September 1686. He did not sign the 1697 oath roll of allegiance for any City Company. He died in 1730.
compare with others in DDP – the christies one was plates 580-583..
Late 17th, Early Century Adamson, London Bracket Clock
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Late 17th, Early 18th Century Adamson, London Bracket Clock. Ebonized case with gilt bronze mounts. Brass dial with silvered chapter ring. 8 day time and strike with calendar fusee movement. With a finely engraved and signed back plate. Ht. 14″ W 9″. The Ferd Kirshberger Collection, VA.
A rare late 17th century English dated lantern clock
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A rare late 17th century English dated lantern clock with verge escapement and alarm
William Holloway, Stroud. Dated 1676
Surmounted by five finials with distinctive acorn knops (bell strap replaced) over tall arcaded frets, brass rear panel and side doors, the tapering Doric columns terminating in acorn feet, the Roman chapter ring with tall fleur de lys half-hour markers, inner quarter hour track and single blued steel pierced hand, the centre signed in three curved lines between XI and I, 'William Holloway/ at Stroud/ 1676' over a wreath of flowerheads and foliage, with Arabic alarm-setting disc engraved with a rose, the weight driven movement with knife-edge verge escapement, the top potance and front verge arbor with decorative detail, the short pendulum with rounded bob, striking on the bell above, the hammer stop with filed and chamfered edges. 41cms (16ins) high.