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Spring Table Clock ( 1695 )
| Artists: |
ROBERT HODGKIN (worked from 1695) |
| Medium: | brass ebony veneer |
| Dimensions: | 37.00cm high ( 14.57 inches high) |
| Description: |
A good, William & Mary, ebony veneered, quarter repeating spring table clock. The ebony case standing on block feet with a single, well-patinated brass carrying handle to the caddy top. The 7ins x 8ins elongated brass dial is mounted with a silvered chapter ring and winged cherub spandrels. The upper corner spandrels have peripheral foliage engraving flanking the maker’s signature. The matted centre has an aperture to view a false pendulum, a second aperture to view the day of the month and ringed winding holes. The twin fusee, eight day duration movement has a verge escapement and quarter repeating mechanism sounded on three bells with the hours on a separate bell. The backplate, decorated with birds and flowers, has peripheral wheat ear engraving and is signed by the maker, Robert Hodgkin, London. |
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