James Stratton
Director
Lot 85TP
A late 17th century walnut and marquetry veneered month duration longcase clock Fabian Robin, Moorfields
2 December 2025, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£3,500 - £5,000
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Lewis Walduck
Cataloguer
A late 17th century walnut and marquetry veneered month duration longcase clock
Fabian Robin, Moorfields
The domed caddy with marquetry floral blooms on an ebonised ground over generous architectural cornice, fretwork frieze and visible mask, the sides with rectangular glazed panels and turned half columns set towards the rear edge, the trunk with floral trail decorated convex throat moulding over a 43 inch rectangular door centred with a circular lenticle and with three shaped marquetry panels decorated with bird inhabited floral sprays and scrolling foliage on an ebonised ground within a walnut field, the surround further decorated with delicate Arabesques on a black ground, the sides veneered with twin box-strung panels within crossbanded borders, the base with ogee top moulding and conforming rectangular marquetry panel within an Arabesque border on bun feet. The 12 inch square brass dial with ringed winding squares, foliate border, engraved calendar aperture and subsidiary seconds dial to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fancy cruciform half hour markers, Arabic five minutes beyond the minute track and signed Fab:n Robin, Moorefields with pierced steel hands and twin cherub and crown cast spandrels to angles. The five pillar outside countwheel bell-striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum. Sold with a pair of brass clad weights and pendulum. 2.35m (7.7ft) high.
The domed caddy with marquetry floral blooms on an ebonised ground over generous architectural cornice, fretwork frieze and visible mask, the sides with rectangular glazed panels and turned half columns set towards the rear edge, the trunk with floral trail decorated convex throat moulding over a 43 inch rectangular door centred with a circular lenticle and with three shaped marquetry panels decorated with bird inhabited floral sprays and scrolling foliage on an ebonised ground within a walnut field, the surround further decorated with delicate Arabesques on a black ground, the sides veneered with twin box-strung panels within crossbanded borders, the base with ogee top moulding and conforming rectangular marquetry panel within an Arabesque border on bun feet. The 12 inch square brass dial with ringed winding squares, foliate border, engraved calendar aperture and subsidiary seconds dial to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fancy cruciform half hour markers, Arabic five minutes beyond the minute track and signed Fab:n Robin, Moorefields with pierced steel hands and twin cherub and crown cast spandrels to angles. The five pillar outside countwheel bell-striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum. Sold with a pair of brass clad weights and pendulum. 2.35m (7.7ft) high.