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A second quarter of the 18th century ebonised quarter chiming table clock Clarke, London
16 December 2015, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£5,000 - £7,000
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A second quarter of the 18th century ebonised quarter chiming table clock
Clarke, London
The inverted bell top case surmounted by a decorative brass handle and four bud finials over pierced wood sound frets and glazed arched apertures, moulded base with brass ogee bracket feet, the glazed door with gilt fret quadrants and escutcheon, the eight inch brass break arched dial with foliate spandrels, silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with fleur de lys half-hour marker. lozenge half-quarter marks and inner quarter track, signed on a silvered strike/silent subsidiary above, the matted centre with calendar and mock pendulum apertures, the substantial finely engraved triple wire fusee movement with verge escapement, rack striking on a bell and chiming the quarters on six individually mounted bells
54cm (24.5in) high.
The inverted bell top case surmounted by a decorative brass handle and four bud finials over pierced wood sound frets and glazed arched apertures, moulded base with brass ogee bracket feet, the glazed door with gilt fret quadrants and escutcheon, the eight inch brass break arched dial with foliate spandrels, silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with fleur de lys half-hour marker. lozenge half-quarter marks and inner quarter track, signed on a silvered strike/silent subsidiary above, the matted centre with calendar and mock pendulum apertures, the substantial finely engraved triple wire fusee movement with verge escapement, rack striking on a bell and chiming the quarters on six individually mounted bells
54cm (24.5in) high.
Footnotes
In March 1694 Christopher Clarke (circa 1668-1735) married Anna, the daughter of Ahaseurus Fromanteel. A partnership with his father-in-law followed shortly after and they traded in Amsterdam as Fromanteel and Clarke. The name was carried on after Fromanteel's death in 1703 until Clarke went into partnership with Roger Dunster. Clarke returned to London circa 1730.