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A late 17th century Dutch striking table clock in custom made walnut case Henry Jones in the Temple
8 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £18,750 inc. premium
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A late 17th century Dutch striking table clock in custom made walnut case
Henry Jones in the Temple
The later case with tied bud handle over the low caddy and sound frets to the frieze, the glazed side panels and doors with plain mouldings, raised on a shallow plinth base and turned brass feet, the 8 inch brass dial with cherub mask spandrels, silvered Roman chapter with Arabic five minutes and well executed half hour markers, the matted centre with plain calendar aperture, the characteristically robust two train fusee movement with verge escapement, short pendulum on a knife edge suspension, latched front plate, striking the hours and half hour on two bells, the hammers joined by linkages to the hammer tail block, the plates united by seven knopped and finned latched pillars, the signed backplate engraved with tulips and foliage to each corner, supporting the numbered countwheel, also engraved, with a finely rendered Tudor rose. 44cm (17.25in)
The later case with tied bud handle over the low caddy and sound frets to the frieze, the glazed side panels and doors with plain mouldings, raised on a shallow plinth base and turned brass feet, the 8 inch brass dial with cherub mask spandrels, silvered Roman chapter with Arabic five minutes and well executed half hour markers, the matted centre with plain calendar aperture, the characteristically robust two train fusee movement with verge escapement, short pendulum on a knife edge suspension, latched front plate, striking the hours and half hour on two bells, the hammers joined by linkages to the hammer tail block, the plates united by seven knopped and finned latched pillars, the signed backplate engraved with tulips and foliage to each corner, supporting the numbered countwheel, also engraved, with a finely rendered Tudor rose. 44cm (17.25in)
Footnotes
This clock belongs to a group bought in by Jones, Tompion and Knibb from an otherwise unknown manufacturer and finished by them. Although each maker added his own improvements, the clocks all share certain characteristics, the example illustrated in Dawson Drover Parkes, page 318 shows the backplate signed by Tompion showing a marked similarity in layout and decoration to the current lot. Further more all use steel springs mounted on brass feet.
One of the improvements Jones has made to the movement is the strike train and the use of the hammer tail block. This is described in Dawson Drover Parkes, page 197, however this was incorporated into a longcase movement.