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A John Constantine tall ebony bracket clock, gilt brass double…
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Sydney
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7-Dec-2020
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A John Constantine tall ebony bracket clock, gilt brass double basket top form, finely pierced with repousse work backed with crimson silk. Matching busts on the upper and lower registers of the baskets on all four sides, set against a repeating ribbed quatrefoil pattern. Basket finials topped with acorns to the four corners. The front and rear door bezel with gilt repousse floral fretwork culminating in a cherub to top and bottom, the left and right bezel with a keyhole portico. The sides with pierced and repousse gilt floral and quatrefoil sound frets set against crimson silk. Sat on gilt disk feet. The square brass face incorporating a silvered Roman chapter ring for the hours and subsidiary Arabic numerals for the minutes. Signature set centred above amongst an engraved floral motif. Strike/silent setting switch to the left. The matted centre with winding squares, date aperture and pendulum aperature for bob. Cherub spandrels to edges. The gilt movement backplate signed 'John Constantin Londini fecit' within medallion, set within a pattern of engraved foliate motifs. A catch claw for keeping the pendulum during travel. Verge escapement rack striking on a bell. Cord pull repeating the quarters on four nested bells. Circa 1690. Height: 48 cm, width: 23.5 cm, depth: 14 cm. Provenance: G. E. Marsh antique clocks, Winchester, United Kingdom, the collection of Dr Trevor Hyde, Sydney, acquired from the above. Other Notes: John Constantine (or Constantin) had promised to join the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers in order to obtain his freedom of the city in 1688, but never did so.
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