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A walnut veneered table clock, 18th century and later Jacob Massey, London
13 July 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £2,816 inc. premium
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A walnut veneered table clock, 18th century and later
Jacob Massey, London
The (re-veneered) caddy topped case surmounted by a floral handle over a moulded cornice and glazed side panels to a moulded base on block feet. The earlier 7.5inch square brass dial framed by an engraved wheatear border enclosing the winged cherub head spandrels and Roman and Arabic chapter ring with matted centre and chamfered and engraved mock pendulum and date apertures, signed in a polished reserve Jacob Mafsy London, below the pierced blued steel hands.
The twin gut (now wire) fusee movement with five knopped and finned pillars, knife-edge verge escapement and rack striking on a bell, the floral engraved backplate signed Jacob Mafsy London within a shaped frame and symmetrical pattern of strapwork and scrolls. Ticking with case key. (Case probably later associated). 45cms (17.5ins) high
The (re-veneered) caddy topped case surmounted by a floral handle over a moulded cornice and glazed side panels to a moulded base on block feet. The earlier 7.5inch square brass dial framed by an engraved wheatear border enclosing the winged cherub head spandrels and Roman and Arabic chapter ring with matted centre and chamfered and engraved mock pendulum and date apertures, signed in a polished reserve Jacob Mafsy London, below the pierced blued steel hands.
The twin gut (now wire) fusee movement with five knopped and finned pillars, knife-edge verge escapement and rack striking on a bell, the floral engraved backplate signed Jacob Mafsy London within a shaped frame and symmetrical pattern of strapwork and scrolls. Ticking with case key. (Case probably later associated). 45cms (17.5ins) high
Footnotes
A similar style of striking and chiming (with the striking train being governed by an external rack and the quarter chiming train governed by an internal rack) was used in clocks by both Claude Duchesne and John Bushman. See Dzik, S. and Still, R. (2023) Beneath the Dial: English Clock Pull Repeat Striking 1675-1725. Oxford: Holywell Press, Ltd.