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A fine and rare ebony veneered striking bracket clock with pull…
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Auction Location:
Sydney
Date:
27-Oct-2015
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Description:
A fine and rare ebony veneered striking bracket clock with pull quarter repeat, Henry Jones, London, circa 1685, (3) the domed caddy top with cast 'Quare-style' handle set on internal pommels, over pierced foliate mounts to all four sides, with a turned final to each corner, over four rectangular glazed side panels, the front door mounted with escutcheons, on a moulded plinth and squat bun feet, the 15.5 cm square brass dial with winged cherubs head spandrels enclosing the strike/not strike lever and silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with trident half hour markers with 'Knibb-style' hands, the centre with chamfered date aperture and ringed winding squares, with latched dial feet to the frontplate of the twin fusee movement with five knopped latched pillars, the verge escapement with internal rack strike on the bell and repeating the quarters on three smaller bells, the pendulum with long threaded end terminating in a pear shaped bob, the backplate decorated with foliate scrolls, signed to the central cartouche Henry Jones in The Temple, retaining key, (3), 36 cm high (handle extended)
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Category:
Horology (Clocks & watches): Clocks - Bracket