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A good second quarter of the 18th century walnut table clockof small size. William Webster, London
13 July 2023, 14:00 BST
London, New Bond StreetSold for £14,080 inc. premium
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A good second quarter of the 18th century walnut table clockof small size.
William Webster, London
Surmounted by an unusual knopped brass handle on an inverted caddy framed by a deeply moulded cornice over glazed arched side windows to a moulded base and block feet. The 4.75 inch arched brass dial signed Willm Webster London in the strike/silent subsidiary with tulip shaped pointer over the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with floating lozenge half hour markers, the matted centre with chamfered date and mock pendulum apertures under elaborately pierced blued steel hands. The twin gut fusee movement with five knopped and ringed pillars and knife-edge verge escapement, sounding the hours on a bell and repeating the quarters on six bells and hammers, the backplate intricately engraved with floral strapwork, a winged figure sprouting from the central flower and a bird in each corner. Ticking and striking with a door key. 35cms (13.5ins) high
Surmounted by an unusual knopped brass handle on an inverted caddy framed by a deeply moulded cornice over glazed arched side windows to a moulded base and block feet. The 4.75 inch arched brass dial signed Willm Webster London in the strike/silent subsidiary with tulip shaped pointer over the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring with floating lozenge half hour markers, the matted centre with chamfered date and mock pendulum apertures under elaborately pierced blued steel hands. The twin gut fusee movement with five knopped and ringed pillars and knife-edge verge escapement, sounding the hours on a bell and repeating the quarters on six bells and hammers, the backplate intricately engraved with floral strapwork, a winged figure sprouting from the central flower and a bird in each corner. Ticking and striking with a door key. 35cms (13.5ins) high
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Provenance:
The collection of Charles Smith, Topsham.