James Stratton
Director
Lot 107
An early 19th century striking table clock James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London
2 December 2025, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£1,500 - £2,000
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Lewis Walduck
Cataloguer
An early 19th century striking table clock
James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London
The pagoda top surmounted by a finial and (later) repoussé brass mount, the sides with pierced and engraved rectangular sound frets backed in red silk, to a moulded break-arch front. The front door with foliate brass mount, the sides with observation windows and circular sound frets backed in red silk, all on a moulded base and ogee brass feet. The 7.5 inch silvered dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, signed to the centre James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, with blued steel hands framed by foliate engraving and Strike/Silent aperture to the arch. The double chain fusee movement with anchor escapement and adjustable pendulum, the backplate engraved and signed James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, striking the hours on a bell via a rack and snail system. Currently ticking and striking. 57cms (22ins) high.
The pagoda top surmounted by a finial and (later) repoussé brass mount, the sides with pierced and engraved rectangular sound frets backed in red silk, to a moulded break-arch front. The front door with foliate brass mount, the sides with observation windows and circular sound frets backed in red silk, all on a moulded base and ogee brass feet. The 7.5 inch silvered dial with Roman and Arabic numerals, signed to the centre James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, with blued steel hands framed by foliate engraving and Strike/Silent aperture to the arch. The double chain fusee movement with anchor escapement and adjustable pendulum, the backplate engraved and signed James McCabe, Royal Exchange, London, striking the hours on a bell via a rack and snail system. Currently ticking and striking. 57cms (22ins) high.
Footnotes
James McCabe Senior was born in 1748, he worked in London producing fine watches, clocks and chronometers in Fleet Street, Cheapside and eventually at 97 Cornhill, Royal Exchange. After his death in 1811, his son, also James, succeeded him.
James junior was apprenticed to Reid and Auld of Edinburgh, and continued the business under the name McCabe & Son, 99 Cornhill and later McCabe and Strahan, 97 Cornhill. He was made free of the Clockmakers Company in 1822. In 1838 the Royal Exchange was destroyed by fire and the business moved to 32 Cornhill where it continued until it was closed by James Junior's nephew, R.J. McCabe in 1883