James Stratton
Director
Lot 68*
A good mid 18th century ebonised striking and quarter-repeating table clock John Hall, London
2 December 2025, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£2,000 - £3,000
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Lewis Walduck
Cataloguer
A good mid 18th century ebonised striking and quarter-repeating table clock
John Hall, London
The inverted bell top surmounted by a knopped carrying handle, over a moulded front with glazed sides and rear door, terminating in a moulded base on (later) block feet. The 6-inch brass break-arch dial with a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, floating fleur-de-lyse half-hour markers, framed by cast mask and foliate spandrels. The arch with a subsidiary rise-and-fall regulation dial. The finely matted centre with mock pendulum aperture, and signature cartouche John Hall, London above a square calendar aperture. The robust movement united by five knopped pillars, the finely engraved backplate depicting birds among foliate scrolls and flowers, enclosed within a wheatear border. Verge escapement powered by a gut fusee (now with steel lines), striking the hours on a bell mounted above the plates. The full pull-quarter repeat mechanism striking on a nest of six bells via six hammers. Ticking, striking and repeating. 44cms (17.5ins) high.
The inverted bell top surmounted by a knopped carrying handle, over a moulded front with glazed sides and rear door, terminating in a moulded base on (later) block feet. The 6-inch brass break-arch dial with a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, floating fleur-de-lyse half-hour markers, framed by cast mask and foliate spandrels. The arch with a subsidiary rise-and-fall regulation dial. The finely matted centre with mock pendulum aperture, and signature cartouche John Hall, London above a square calendar aperture. The robust movement united by five knopped pillars, the finely engraved backplate depicting birds among foliate scrolls and flowers, enclosed within a wheatear border. Verge escapement powered by a gut fusee (now with steel lines), striking the hours on a bell mounted above the plates. The full pull-quarter repeat mechanism striking on a nest of six bells via six hammers. Ticking, striking and repeating. 44cms (17.5ins) high.
Footnotes
John Hall was registered as working in Worship Square, London, during the mid-18th century. Little else is recorded about his output, though surviving examples suggest competent craftsmanship typical of the period.