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Lot 145^W

A good early arched longcase dial and movement
Windmills, London

Fine Clocks

12 December 2012, 14:00 GMT

London, New Bond Street

Sold for £1,250 inc. premium

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A good early arched longcase dial and movement

Windmills, London
The 13 inch break arched dial with typical date subsidiary in the arch, flanked by engraved decoration of scrolls and male heads in profile, over the urn and scroll spandrels and Roman and Arabic chapter ring enclosing the matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and ringed winding squares, the hour hand original, (the minute hand a later replacement), all bordered by a running engraved wheatear pattern, the eight day movement with anchor escapement and rack strike (bell lacking, stand detached) 33cms wide by 44.5cms high. (13 ins wide by 17.5ins high.

Footnotes

Windmills was one of the finest clockmakers working in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. The fact that this dial is 13 inches rather than the standard 12 inches suggests that it was once housed in a large and very impressive case, perhaps with chinoiserie decoration such as that illustrated in Neale, spare holes in the backplate indicate that it was secured into the case with an L-shaped retaining bracket.
It is sold today with three old pulleys and two 19th century weights.

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