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A good second quarter of the 17th century English brass 'First Period' lantern clock William Bowyer, London
8 July 2015, 14:00 BST
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A good second quarter of the 17th century English brass 'First Period' lantern clock
William Bowyer, London
Surmounted by an urn shaped finial on a brass bell strap with chamfered edges and shaped centre over four urn finials on tapering Doric columns to turned acorn feet, signed in the lowermost corners "William Bowyer fecit" against a cross-hatched ground, the chapter ring with Roman numerals and meeting arrow-head half hour markers, with wide inner quarter hour track with double bands, the centre engraved with six-petalled flowers within running foliage, with fettled iron hand, the weight driven movement with later anchor escapement and outside countwheel strike on a bell, the interior cast with the initials GS 40cms (15.5ins) high.
Surmounted by an urn shaped finial on a brass bell strap with chamfered edges and shaped centre over four urn finials on tapering Doric columns to turned acorn feet, signed in the lowermost corners "William Bowyer fecit" against a cross-hatched ground, the chapter ring with Roman numerals and meeting arrow-head half hour markers, with wide inner quarter hour track with double bands, the centre engraved with six-petalled flowers within running foliage, with fettled iron hand, the weight driven movement with later anchor escapement and outside countwheel strike on a bell, the interior cast with the initials GS 40cms (15.5ins) high.
Footnotes
The bell founders mark 'GS' has been recorded on another lantern clock by Bowyer - see White, page 494. The same founder apparently supplied Joseph Knibb (see Sothebys 8th October 1985, lot 62) and Thomas Knifton.