Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks - 05 Oct 2016
An oak longcase clock
An oak longcase clock, the eight day five pillar movement with an inside countwheel striking on a bell, with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, signed 'Wm Speakman in Old Street', with an engraved matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with cast cherub and crown spandrels and herringbone edging to the dial, the hood with a raised top and fluted columns, the later case has been long associated with the dial and is applied with an unusual bone dial indicating the days of the week, the inside of the trunk door with an interesting old label relating to a previous owner Harry Spencer Andrew Foy, 219.4cm high.
William Speakman was apprenticed to Peter Closon and was made Master of the Clockmaker's Company in 1701.