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A rare early 18th century ebony double basket top, quarter repeating table clock with alarm Joseph Windmills, London 3
11 December 2019, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond StreetSold for £21,312.50 inc. premium
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A rare early 18th century ebony double basket top, quarter repeating table clock with alarm
Joseph Windmills, London
The elaborate pierced repousse double basket depicting cherubs and masks within foliate scrollwork, surmounted by a fancy figural handle and four finials, flanked by four further finials on a moulded cornice, over pierced further repousse mounts on a moulded base and bun feet, the 7.5 inch arched brass dial with strike/not strike lever and signature above the crown-and-sceptre spandrels and silvered Roman chapter ring with half-quarter marks and meeting arrow head half-hour marks enclosing the finely matted centre with mock pendulum aperture, chamfered date aperture and alarm-setting disc, and original pierced steel hands, the twin gut fusee movement with verge escapement, rack striking the hours on a bell and repeating the quarters on a further 5 bells with 5 hammers, the backplate with engraved foliate scrollwork and central signature within a feathered oval cartouche, with outside clicks and short brass pendulum, the alarm train wound via a cord to the side and mounted between a separate pair of plates screwed to the strike side. The movement secured in the case via a pair of shaped steel brackets to the base and a pair of turnbuckles behind the dial. Together with a case key and a pierced brass winding key. Ticking and striking. 57cm (22ins)high (3)
The elaborate pierced repousse double basket depicting cherubs and masks within foliate scrollwork, surmounted by a fancy figural handle and four finials, flanked by four further finials on a moulded cornice, over pierced further repousse mounts on a moulded base and bun feet, the 7.5 inch arched brass dial with strike/not strike lever and signature above the crown-and-sceptre spandrels and silvered Roman chapter ring with half-quarter marks and meeting arrow head half-hour marks enclosing the finely matted centre with mock pendulum aperture, chamfered date aperture and alarm-setting disc, and original pierced steel hands, the twin gut fusee movement with verge escapement, rack striking the hours on a bell and repeating the quarters on a further 5 bells with 5 hammers, the backplate with engraved foliate scrollwork and central signature within a feathered oval cartouche, with outside clicks and short brass pendulum, the alarm train wound via a cord to the side and mounted between a separate pair of plates screwed to the strike side. The movement secured in the case via a pair of shaped steel brackets to the base and a pair of turnbuckles behind the dial. Together with a case key and a pierced brass winding key. Ticking and striking. 57cm (22ins)high (3)
Footnotes
A similar double basket top is illustrated in Neale, J.A. Joseph and Thomas Windmills, Clock and Watchmakers, AHS 1999, p.163. figs.5.52-53.