THOMAS TAYLOR, LONDON, CIRCA 1680

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25.05.2022 10:30UTC +01:00
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ID 752661
Lot 23 | THOMAS TAYLOR, LONDON, CIRCA 1680
THOMAS TAYLOR, LONDON, CIRCA 1680A CHARLES II GRANDE SONNERIE STRIKING TABLE CLOCKCASE: the domed top with loop handle and pierced mounts to front and sides, pierced sound fret above glazed door with Knibb style winged mask escutcheon and false escutcheon, glazed sides and rear doorDIAL: the 7 1⁄4 inch square dial plate with skeletonised silvered chapter ring with Roman hours and Arabic minutes '1-60', blued steel hands, the matted centre with date square below 'XII', cherub head spandrels to the angles, signed to the lower edge 'Tho= Taylor in Holborne'MOVEMENT: the movement with ten latched vase-shaped pillars and split front plate, the eight-day grande sonnerie quarter striking movement striking 'double-six hours' on two bells, verge escapement, numbered countwheels for hours and quarters, bob pendulum and hold-fast, the backplate engraved with tulips and foliage signed 'Thomas Taylor in Holborne'Ebonised wood and gilt-brass13 3⁄4 in. (33.6 cm.) high (handle down); 10 1⁄2 in. (26.6 cm.) wide; 6 1⁄4 in. (15.8 cm.) deep Provenance The Collection of M.F. Moore Esq.Acquired from R.A. Lee, London, November 1965. Literature R.A. Lee, The Knibb Family Clockmakers, London, 1964, p. 90, pl. 88 and p. 181.P.G. Dawson, C.B. Drover, D.W. Parkes, Early English Clocks, Woodbridge, 1982, p. 365.
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