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A late 17th/early 18th century miniature lantern alarm timepiece Daniel Robinson, London
12 December 2012, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £10,625 inc. premium
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A late 17th/early 18th century miniature lantern alarm timepiece
Daniel Robinson, London
The shaped brass bell strap over turned finials and engraved floral front fret, with tapered pillars and ball feet, fitted with hook and spikes, the 4.25 inch Roman chapter ring with cruciform half hour markers, bordering the dial centre engraved with tulips and foliage, beneath the signature and alarm setting ring, with a finely cut steel hand, the weight driven movement with verge escapement fitted for rope, sounding the alarm with a double headed hammer via the internal alarm train. 23cm (9in)
The shaped brass bell strap over turned finials and engraved floral front fret, with tapered pillars and ball feet, fitted with hook and spikes, the 4.25 inch Roman chapter ring with cruciform half hour markers, bordering the dial centre engraved with tulips and foliage, beneath the signature and alarm setting ring, with a finely cut steel hand, the weight driven movement with verge escapement fitted for rope, sounding the alarm with a double headed hammer via the internal alarm train. 23cm (9in)
Footnotes
Little is known of Daniel Robinson apart from a surviving bracket clock and several longcases.
There are no other examples of his lantern clocks mentioned in the standard literature, but a miniature eight day lantern clock by Edward East illustrated in Cescinsky and Webster's 'English Domestic Clocks' Antique Collectors' Club, 1976 edition, figure 35, page 60, shares some similar features including the proportions (if not the design) of the front fret and the distinctive bell strap with one pierced tine.