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An interesting single handed walnut longcase clock William Clement, London
8 July 2015, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £13,750 inc. premium
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An interesting single handed walnut longcase clock
William Clement, London
the rising hood with over hanging cornice on a blind fret supported on barley twist columns over a long door inlaid with six panels of floral marquetry on a similar base, the sides oyster-veneered (the case with some restoration), the ten inch square brass dial with single line border enclosing the signature along the lower edge 'William Clement Londini fecit', each corner engraved with a flower in blossom amid foliage, the silvered chapter ring with engraved line border framing the Roman numerals, trident half-hour marks and inner quarter hour track, the centre decorated with flower heads and with single hand, secured to the frontplate by four latched dial feet, the rectangular plates united by five knopped and finned latched pillars, with anchor escapement and outside count wheel strike on the bell, (weights lacking, pendulum bob detached) 201cms (6ft 7ins) high.
the rising hood with over hanging cornice on a blind fret supported on barley twist columns over a long door inlaid with six panels of floral marquetry on a similar base, the sides oyster-veneered (the case with some restoration), the ten inch square brass dial with single line border enclosing the signature along the lower edge 'William Clement Londini fecit', each corner engraved with a flower in blossom amid foliage, the silvered chapter ring with engraved line border framing the Roman numerals, trident half-hour marks and inner quarter hour track, the centre decorated with flower heads and with single hand, secured to the frontplate by four latched dial feet, the rectangular plates united by five knopped and finned latched pillars, with anchor escapement and outside count wheel strike on the bell, (weights lacking, pendulum bob detached) 201cms (6ft 7ins) high.
Footnotes
The rear of the dial bears old scratched names and dates including
Jno Coats Jan (?) 2 1805
Wm. Pick coates Nov 12 1818
1806
J...1830
1845
May 1851