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A late 17th century ebonised table clock James Clowes, Londini fecit 3
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11 December 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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A late 17th century ebonised table clock
James Clowes, Londini fecit
The ebonised case with caddy top surmounted by a substantial knopped handle over rectangular glazed side apertures on a moulded base with raised square feet, the 7 1/4 inch dial with Roman silvered chapter ring with blued-steel hands, matted centre, chamfered date aperture, circular winding squares, all surrounded by four winged cherub spandrels, signed along the lower edge, the six pillar, twin train gut fusee movement with knife-edge verge escapement, the backplate signed amid a series of foliate scrolls, with a wheatear border, the outside count wheel engraved with a rose centre striking on a bell, with a short brass bob pendulum. Ticking and striking together with a case key and an associated winding key. 43cm (16 1/2ins) high (3)
The ebonised case with caddy top surmounted by a substantial knopped handle over rectangular glazed side apertures on a moulded base with raised square feet, the 7 1/4 inch dial with Roman silvered chapter ring with blued-steel hands, matted centre, chamfered date aperture, circular winding squares, all surrounded by four winged cherub spandrels, signed along the lower edge, the six pillar, twin train gut fusee movement with knife-edge verge escapement, the backplate signed amid a series of foliate scrolls, with a wheatear border, the outside count wheel engraved with a rose centre striking on a bell, with a short brass bob pendulum. Ticking and striking together with a case key and an associated winding key. 43cm (16 1/2ins) high (3)
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James Clowes became a freeman of the clock maker's company in 1671, he was working in St Giles in the Fields in 1673 around the time he probably made this clock. He married twice, first in 1675 and the second in 1680. He died c. 1705. His younger brother by 8 years, John Clowes, is another notable clock maker.
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